i think we've been railroaded into having a lot of dross on high wages becasue we've had a period where we cant go replace them due to tight transfer spending / too many kids in the first team squad already. ergo they can write their own tickets and hold us to ransom and we have had to agree to those wage demands.
IF we are re3balancing between project yoof and recruiting quality due to being more comfortable financially we can call players bluff when they ask for more than they deserve (eg clichy, nasri)