But let's say we refuse to resign Robinson, Krov and Diangana, combined with losing Brunt and Barry. We've now got 5 players, minimum, to replace, just to get us back to the numbers we had this season. And we've not even started to replace the front 3, the keeper, defenders, any CM's.
So what's the plan for that? We've just managed to 'save' £20m by not signing those players, but you've still got to replace them, so you've still got to spend *some* money.
The problem can only be solved by spending some money or taking more players on loan (which just kicks the can further down the road).
£8-£9m gets you nothing in the Premiership these days, it barely gets you top 6 championship quality.