surplus to requirements

idiom

British, formal
: no longer needed
His services had become surplus to requirements.

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Head coach Hansi Flick fancied a look at the youngster playing left back, but his failure to convince the German and interest from other parties has resulted in Faye becoming surplus to requirements and now looking likely to leave the club in the coming days. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 The young Englishman was deemed surplus to requirements by Pep Guardiola in 2023, so made the same journey down to London as Sterling. Glen Levy, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024 For other users, the market functionality is largely surplus to requirements. Will Henshall, TIME, 14 Feb. 2024 Their players are, of course, among the best in the world, prodigiously gifted, high-specification athletes, but they can be broadly sorted into two categories: those already deemed surplus to requirements by the new elite, and those who dream one day of making it there. Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023 With Barca swimming in debts last summer and struggling to raise funds to make new signings, this made De Jong surplus to requirements and available for prospective buyers as the club's only realistically sellable and high-value asset. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023 Their players are, of course, among the best in the world, prodigiously gifted, high-specification athletes, but they can be broadly sorted into two categories: those already deemed surplus to requirements by the new elite, and those who dream one day of making it there. Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023 Once Ronaldo joined two years later, Higuain was surplus to requirements. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 With Barca swimming in debts last summer and struggling to raise funds to make new signings, this made De Jong surplus to requirements and available for prospective buyers as the club's only realistically sellable and high-value asset. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023

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