If Inter signs a bunch of 30yo players (fif age) like Andreolli, Mariano, Adil Rami... we would hang Ausilio first because of mediocrity.
Plus their selling is not that impressive tbh. Apart from Bacca (30m), the rest are left quite cheap comparing to current market inflation. Benega is left free, Aleix Vidal, Rakitic, Moreno are 18m each, all are relatively young.
I am more on side of the coach who identifies the most suitable (and cheap) players and USEs them properly.
Sevilla not spending a lot of money, or as much as their competitors, and not having CL level players in their squad does NOT prove their players aren't good enough for the level they are performing at. Emery has done a good job managing squad changes and he's tactically solid, but Sevilla have good enough players for their objectives. Andreolli, Rami, and Mariano are good enough for their squad. Let alone Gameiro, Banega, Tremoulinas, Carrico, Krychowiak etc.
Who gives a fuck about "what the fans would say". Sevilla have been straight up bossing for years on the transfer market. The level they've been competing at, squad changes, and their objectives relative to their spending power in the transfer market is impressive. Bacca for 7 mill, Gameiro for 7.5, Banega for 2.5, Konoplyanka for free, Tremoulinas for 2.5, Carrico for 1.5, along with Rakitic for 1.5 and Kondogbia for 3..
Sevilla's sales have little to do with what we're talking about, but in any case it's relative to the club's financial situation and the player. And Sevilla haven't been weak in negotiating outgoing transfers either. Vidal for 18 mill, Moreno for 18 mill, Kondogbia for 25 mill, Bacca for 30 mill, Fazio for 10 mill, Medel for 13 mill, Negredo for 25 mill, Navas for 20 mill, Alberto for 8 mill over the last 3 years all seem like good sales to me. Rakitic was sold for 18 mill, but to be fair he had 12 months left on his contract and didn't look like renewing.
And Emery does not identify Sevilla's players. He gives Monchi a profile, and the club scouts hundreds of players before landing on a shortlist of ~10 candidates.