The question we should ask is can our club afford to let another player run down their contract and leave on a free transfer, in the last year we have seen Ledley, Bothroyd, Burke and Matthews leave with the club receiving only minimal compensation for training cost.
At one time those players had a combined transfer value of £10m+ but the club received peanuts against that value, can the club afford to lose out on a fee for Chopra? my guess is no.
The club needs to do its best to maximise the price for Chopra then sell, as probably the top wage earner at the club that may also free up additional funds which may see the new manager fund 2 players out of the current cost for one.
The FL AGM is about to take place in Cyprus and one of the main topics on discussion is the reduction of debt amongst the 72 FL clubs, Division 2 clubs are already under a requirement to limit wage costs to 60% of revenue and the question is will clubs agree to extend that wage cap to League 1 and the Championship.
From next season there will be a further drop in TV revenue for FL clubs from the SKY agreement and if there is going to be a serious move to reduce costs in FL clubs we need to offload the high earners at the club. Chopra is I believe No1 with Hudson not far behind.
Sell Chopra now and get moving on the Bosman players who are available for free thats my opinion.