Why do we sell our players?

[BBC] [Getty Images] In the second part of Wednesday's special Q&A, BBC Radio Humberside sports editor Mike White focuses on player sales and recruitment. Gary asked: Why is it when we start to assemble a good squad of players, we sell some and struggle to find suitable replacements? Mike: I'm not sure the club are "struggling" to find replacements right now. It's still early days and talks will be taking place every day between other clubs, players and their agents, but everyone feels they have their worth and clubs/players will hold out for the best deal they can get. It's the nature of football in general that players will be moved on for a variety of reasons. City needed to do fairly swift business to eliminate financial losses that could have seen them hit with a points deduction before even kicking a Premier League ball in anger, and while some fans wouldn't want to see those players go, the likes of Ivor Pandur and Kyle Joseph are players with value who the club feel can be replaced with the resources available to them. The harsh reality is also that some players simply won't be seen as good enough, or unlikely to feature prominently enough, so they might have to be the ones sacrificed to help fund signings that can move the team up the levels needed to attempt to compete in that division. Come back to this page later for the final part of Mike's Q&A, which will look at potential Turkish investment for the new Premier League season.