If four of our oldest players go, then it probably helps with refreshing the squad, as the age has been creeping up recently.A lot of this squad has been trying for 5/6/7 years to acheive what they did last week.
Pep's an intense, demanding boss. The standards demanded at City are very high. It's pretty natural that - especially the older players - will be considering if they want to keep going, go back to the well etc. or if they want to change things up, go somewhere with most of the success but a lot less stress.
We still have a good proportion of players in their mid to late 20s, and even our young players have so many trophies that they'll have an advantage over most other teams in terms of being able to deal with the pressure.