Probably because we're actually serious about it. Unlike Jim Ratcliffe who hasn't realised goods and services require exchange of money at asking price value.
The buyers were PSG who were literally throwing money around for fun at that time. The problem was we had JFK as director of football who couldn't even pronounce Cabaye's name. Negotiations were doomed from the start with that idiot.
Cabaye was worth at least double what we sold him for. Don't re-write history to pretend that everyone wasn't gutted with the paltry fee we got for him and then having him replaced by Jack Passback.