Selling your best player ?

I just sold Edin Dzeko after he scored 32 EPL goals, had an 7.8 average rating and became player of the year.

It's 2016 and I'm managing Man U.

Basically I did this because he just turned 30 and it was the last chance to get € 40m for him. His value was € 22.5 and I got that plus € 10m bonus after 10 appearances plus another € 7.5 after 10 goals, so that should be 40, realistically.

As everybody knows Man U do have a loan problem and on top of that I had just bought my newgen striker I had at Wolfsburg, from where I moved to Man U, for a cheap € 86m which I quite frankly didn't really know how to cover otherwise

Still, I wonder how many of you would ever sell their best player or under which circumstances?

- Like me, when it seems a good deal before the market value goes down due to age?

- Any time when the offer seems okay?

- Only when being forced due to player behaviour disrupting the team or poor team status/poor finances?

- or never ever unless they shoot you (or the chairman does it upon which you shoot him)?

And why didn't I manage to create this as a poll???

As Hearts I sold Alfred N'Diaye, Gael Kakuta and Aron Gunnarson, who were 3 of my main players, in the same transfer window.

It was mainly for the money, around £17m for the 3 which is a lot for Hearts, and I also had some young Scottish players coming through who I wanted to develop through first team games. I originally signed those three all on free transfers.

at madrid i sold kaka becuase he was 31 and juve offer £25 and i had too many good midfielders

I was forced to sell the 2nd best player in the world (according to "World" screen) because he refused to sign a new contract. I wasn't going to let a man like that go on Bosman, so acted before it was too late. Got 70 million for him.

I also had to sell a great goalkeeper because I had two other very good ones, and it was just hopeless to keep them all happy and match fit. He was worth the most, so I sold him. Got 25 million. Not great considering he was worth almost 20 million, but not many were interested in January.

Generally I don't sell my best players unless forced to by outside factors.

Still, I wonder how many of you would ever sell their best player or under which circumstances?

- Like me, when it seems a good deal before the market value goes down due to age?

- Any time when the offer seems okay?

- Only when being forced due to player behaviour disrupting the team or poor team status/poor finances?

- or never ever unless they shoot you (or the chairman does it upon which you shoot him)?

It depends what kind of club I'm managing. If it's a big and/or rich club then I usually go with the last option but if it's not then the offer just needs to be good enough.

I might sell Fabregas in my Arsenal save, depending on whether or not he's leaving IRL. I have enough midfielders anyway, with Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Fran Merida, Nacer Barazite, and my new transfers which includes Eden Hazard, and Dan Gosling.

Ive only been Ajax AZ and Grenoble so far so every player is up for grabs for the right price