So, in extreme case, if contracts of all players will expire in new season, these players will appear as unsigned reserves, 14 retiring three star players will be assigned to the team, but the qualities of unsigned players will still be considered in Cup draw.
I want to test this. But with 1 day to go, I have insufficient time to sell all high quality players whose contracts have not yet been expiring. I also cannot create players with expiring contracts so as to test if qualities of these players instead of those new retiring players will be counted. More time is required to create this situation.