SpringheeledJack,
I am no lover of the PL and possibly the best opportunity we have of getting rid of our owners is to stay where we are for a couple of seasons. Should we be in the Championship for the 20/21 season, of course there will be a sizeable drop in revenue, but we should be in a position then that all high earners have been offloaded and any new recruits will have wages within the club's budget and hope the final parachute payment will enable the club to compete in signing a better quality player.
Hopefully no players will leave before the new season starts but be it Oli, Roberts, Grimes or even Celina, then I have faith in Birch to get the best possible deal for either player.
I have been labelled a mug, so being called naïve is water off a duck's back as far as I am concerned, but what I am is realistic and experienced to know that through the years a football season in the EFL is one long grind and history tells me that you havn't got to be in the best 2/3/4 teams in either EFL league to get promotion or even start a new season well.
We can all hope and perhaps dream of the new season ahead yet fail to actually realise that the club is almost totally dependant on offloading the high earners by the time the window closes, but the alternative if Birch fails in this task is to sell players this season and not next season as you proclaim.
The only football clubs you can predict will do well are the big three/four in the PL and you only have to look at the money thrown into returning to the PL straightaway by Stoke and WBA, besides the high salaries paid to players by Derby County to realise how close to FFP, even mid-league teams like Birmingham City have actually been operating in their 'dream' of getting a bit of the 'golden fleece' that is the PL.