I suppose the thing is that *if* Malen is already concerned by his playing time, *and* we were bringing in a Marmoush type signing … it’d make sense to sell now whilst his stock is high rather than wait for the summer and get derisory bids as everyone knows we’re desperate to get a player who rarely plays off our wage bill.
I think this is the thing clever selling clubs are good at - the sort we used to buy players off in the Championship. You have to sell players when they’re over performing, which necessarily looks like you’re selling the Crown Jewels as it were.
