it's all guess work, but moving on 4 or 5 of the higher earners will probably still enable him to bring in 4 or 5 that he wants, improve the squad and slash the budget all at the same time, especially if he can off load some of the lesser earners who are bench warming as well.
I would like it if we can keep Crooks and Van Veen, but think we may lose at least one of them, as regards the other high earners I wouldn't be to bothered at losing any of them as long as some of the money freed up can be used to bring players in.