Fulham boss Martin Jol says they'll survive after selling Bobby Zamora to QPR.
The 31-year-old striker left for London rivals QPR on Tuesday, leaving the home side bereft of attacking ideas as they were held to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday night.
"Of course you want to keep your players on board, especially in this transfer window. But, on the other hand, we had to make a decision and this is not something that has happened over the last couple of days.
"I think the timing was probably ideal because Bobby left and we could get Pavel [Pogrebnyak] in.
"Last year there was a different scenario as I wanted Andre-Pierre Gignac in and he didn't come. Now we had a candidate for Bobby and he came.""You would have to ask Bobby [why he left] but for us it was the best we could do," the Dutchman said. "It was a decent offer and we decided to accept it. This was around for months. He wanted that move.