They aren't sold automatically... you will need to lower the price... it would help if* one day the assistant, send us reports, ever 4 hours, recommending us to lower the price when a player can't be sold, because it is currently a pain... many people try to sell players for a week without success and without any kind of info. regarding the system... and yes, players with contracts pending to renew, count in the AvQ calculations.
And nope, old isn't a word that defines me lol despite that I've been here for many years.