Bloodbather
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Country: Turkey
Ideally, you want to be two-deep in every position, while having some versatile players who can simultaneously cover different positions to make them three-deep. That's how you build your squad effectively.
Right now, we're looking at Ramsdale and Turner at GK, White and Tomiyasu at RB, Zinchenko and Tierney at LB, Saliba and Holding at RCB, Gabriel and Kiwior at LCB, Partey and Jorginho at DM, Xhaka and Smith Rowe at LCM, Ødegaard and Vieira at RCM, Saka and Nelson at RW, Martinelli and Trossard at LW, and Jesus and Nketiah at CF.
Holding and Nelson are not at the level required for the second option, so we'll look to replace them. They'll either get demoted to 3rd option spots or get sold, probably the latter. We probably get a RB and move Tomiyasu to RCB, and add a RW. The only place where I think we could make a big move to render one of the 2nd options into a 3rd option type is DM/CM. So we could get a Rice or a Caicedo in the summer to have Jorginho as third cover for DM and CM. This is especially likely because ESR hasn't been reliable health-wise.
Then we fill out the rest of the squad with younger players who'll provide depth for all competitions, a la Norton-Cuffy, Patino, Marquinhos, Balogun, etc. Then you decide midway through the season whether you'll loan them out or not.
Right now, we're looking at Ramsdale and Turner at GK, White and Tomiyasu at RB, Zinchenko and Tierney at LB, Saliba and Holding at RCB, Gabriel and Kiwior at LCB, Partey and Jorginho at DM, Xhaka and Smith Rowe at LCM, Ødegaard and Vieira at RCM, Saka and Nelson at RW, Martinelli and Trossard at LW, and Jesus and Nketiah at CF.
Holding and Nelson are not at the level required for the second option, so we'll look to replace them. They'll either get demoted to 3rd option spots or get sold, probably the latter. We probably get a RB and move Tomiyasu to RCB, and add a RW. The only place where I think we could make a big move to render one of the 2nd options into a 3rd option type is DM/CM. So we could get a Rice or a Caicedo in the summer to have Jorginho as third cover for DM and CM. This is especially likely because ESR hasn't been reliable health-wise.
Then we fill out the rest of the squad with younger players who'll provide depth for all competitions, a la Norton-Cuffy, Patino, Marquinhos, Balogun, etc. Then you decide midway through the season whether you'll loan them out or not.