Jae
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Draxler
Mahrez
VVD (or similar)
Done.
Draxler
Mahrez
VVD (or similar)
Done.
So doable. Be surprised if we land any.In
Draxler
Mahrez
VVD (or similar)
Done.
please god no
Why sell Kos? who likes being here, who is our de facto captain
don't see Aguero being someone to shine for us either
if they are willing to let him go he is past it
Seconded, give or take Mahrez though.In
Draxler
Mahrez
VVD (or similar)
Done.
Lemar & Fekir to sign in January to replace Aleix and Özil. Bring in Butland to replace Cech alo.
Under another coach Who actually coachen he will be greatNeed to replace Ramsey too, cannot have this joker disgrace our shirt anymore
Can you be our manager?The squad needs to be rebuilt and players that do not serve a purpose need to be sold. We hold onto players for sentimental value and yet claim we have a limited budget. In order to spend we have to sell, so this whole we can only buy 3 players because it affects stability is nonsense. The squad needs to be rebuilt and players have to go.
You can have 17 foreigners and the rest have to be home grown with a limit of 25. We should therefore be aiming to have 17 quality foreigners and about 5 quality home grown with the other quality home grown likely to be under 21 anyway.
Foreigners to sell :
Ospina (8m) No explanation needed
Debuchy (free) - No explanation needed.
Campbell (5m) - No explanation needed.
Perez (10m) - No explanation needed.
Mustafi (25m) We can do better.
Elneny (10m) Simply isn't good enough.
Cazorla (free) Don't keep him just for sentimental reasons.
Mertesacker (retired).
Thats 78m
Foreigners to keep
Cech
Koscielny
Kolasinac
Xhaka
Monreal
HG to sell
Walcott (20m) No explanation needed
Welbeck (15m) Hes a striker who cant finish.
Chambers/Holding (20m) one needs to go, can't keep both.
Coquelin (8m) AMN can do what he can do and more.
Thats 121 million + 80 million (minimum) budget. So if we say 200 million and look at what we are left with.
GK: ?????*/Cech/Macey*
LB: Kolasinac/??????*
RB: Bellerin*/??????*
CB:??????/Holding*
CB: Koscielny/???????
DM: AMN*
CM: Xhaka/Wilshere*
CM: ????????/Ramsey*
RM: Iwobi*/Nelson
LM:??????
AM: ??????
CF: Lacazette/Giroud
Thats 8 players that need to come in, but not 8 starters and not 8 foreigners.
GK: Butland*/Cech/Macey*
LB: Kolasinac/Tierney*
RB: Bellerin*/Cheap rb (8m)
CB: Koubailly/Holding*
CB: Koscielny/De Vrij
DM: AMN*
CM: Xhaka/Wilshere*
CM: Goretzka/Ramsey*
RM: Iwobi*/Nelson
LM: Forsberg
AM: Fekir
CF: Lacazette/Giroud
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Goretzka (Free)
De Vrij (Free)
Butland 20m
Tierney 12m
Fekir 50 m
Forsberg 50m
Koubailly 60m
right back (8m)
Thats 200m spent.
Thanks to our lunacy Lemar is going to cost 100m. So we either win the Europa league and buy him with the prize money and make 0 profit. Or we simply by Forsberg and forget Lemar.
The key is selling players.
Now that the window is closed I can be a bit more ambitious with my wishes.
Goalkeeper- This is an interesting one because I really like Pickford but he probably wouldn't move again so soon after joining Everton. Maybe Butland is probably my top choice now. Oblak is another obvious one.
Defence- It's obvious we'll need a top CB at some point in the future so the go to guy is Van Dijk, after that Manolas and Koulibaly come to mind.
Midfield- We'll definitely need a midfielder next summer. Uncertainties over Wilshere and Cazorla, with Coquelin and Elneny not really of the standard required and Ramsey clearly more of an attacking midfielder. Saul Niguez is the ultimate wish for me in this area.
Wide-Forward- Thomas Lemar is the number one choice here, such an excellent delivery, good acceleration and a burst of pace, he'd be an absolute dream to have.
If we're assuming that Alexis and Özil both go next summer then this is the type of team I wanna see going forward.
ButlandObviously we could still improve in a couple of areas but I think this is a good template.
Bellerin Van Dijk Koscielny Kolasinac
Xhaka
Ramsey Saul
Welbeck Lacazette Lemar
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Seri
Lemar
VVD
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Chambers
Debuchy
Iwobi
Welbeck
need to clear out the deadwood