1) to buy some time while they look for potential buyers and to build a smokescreen
2) Because any player that truely doesnt want to be here will not play to anywhere near the level we expect if they are forced to stay, plus can force a move anyway by strike/transfer request/media comments
3) Because what player is going to see a club that has lost so many of its best players and think thats a club thats going places i should join?
4) RK is just a spin doctor nothing more nothing less the real decisions lie with the rest of the board but mainly i'm thinking KL even though that shouldn't be the case at all, she clearly pulls the strings.
5) Again this was purely fan pressure theres only so many top players they can sell before they alienate the entire fanbase, plus they have probably seen that we are now a confirmed laughing stock in the media