How about a trip back down to Devon to Hourihanes old club Plymouth. Graham Carey, attacking midfield player could be an ideal replacement. Scores goals, plenty of assists this season. Ok a bit older than Conor at 27 but thats hardly over the hill. Best bit, similar situation to many of our players, he is out of contract in the summer so a decent offer could possibly tempt him. Decent player...
Done brilliantly this season but doesn't really fit into our model. Going to be very tough replacing Hourihane.
We are a midfielder short already. Go for Ollie Watkins and Steve Mallan. Maybe still need another defensive midfielder on loan while Sessi is back. Also still a striker short, Bogle fits the bill but maybe too expensive for a gamble.
I'm not sure what the finer details of our model are, but I'd hope for ~25% of profit to be available to re-invest. It would allow us to cut our cloth accordingly. In the bumper years we can speculate a little more than the leaner years.