Again, I've said the club is culpable for a hell of a lot. Rudkin's worst failing (out of many) is getting players out of the door.
But the irony of your argument is that we could have gone with better targets but we couldn't afford to.
Because of PSR.
2021 Vestegaard was a panic buy because a week before the season started Fofana suffered an injury from a malicious tackle and we couldn't replace him like for like because of PSR.
2022 Faes was a last-minute buy because Fofana forced his way out at the end of the window and we couldn't replace him like for like, because of PSR.
We couldn't keep or replace Kasper like for like because of PSR.
We couldn't afford Lookman because of PSR.
We literally couldn't sign anyone in 2022 because of PSR.