Country: Wales
Trabelsi, Kalou and M’Vila.
Strikers -
I just want a manager who will play Lacazette and Auba together. I am seeing so many line ups with Laca on the bench. They could have an amazing partnership. It doesn't make sense to use them as alternative strikers as they are completely different. You want to be able to change your line up but maintain the same style of play.
Main centre forward - Auba, Welbeck.
9 1/2 - Lacazette, Nketiah.
No. 10 - We have two number 10's on big contracts. There is nothing wrong with splitting the game time between them. As well as moving them further back to play them at the same time vs certain opposition.
Özil - Mkhi
Midfield
Major problems here, but I think it is more about combination and system. The main factor is Ramsey. If we sign him we are saying that we are building around him and Ramsey contributes a lot in terms of goal threat and running forward. Technically in possession he isn't the greatest and defensively he neglects his duties. He needs to be played in a 3 man midfield where the other two are intelligent enough to fill the gaps that he leaves.
Forward thinking 8 - Ramsey, Elneny, Rene-Adelaide
Ball retention centre mid - Golovin, Iwobi
Deep lying playmaker - F. De Jong, Xhaka
Central defenders
Those who aren't good enough need to be sold. Chambers and Mustafi are not good enough. It is that simple. I have a little bit more faith in Holding and think he needs one more season. Money needs to be spent on aggressive centre halves who love to defend. Not defenders who want to look pretty on the ball.
Koscielny, De ligt, Holding, Soyuncu.
Left back
Personally I don't think Kolasinac is a first choice left back, however he can be effective in games where we dominate the ball. As consistent as Monreal has been, I wouldn't mind buying Sessegnon to replace him.
Right back
I'd actually sell Bellerin if we need to fund our buys. I don't think AMN would have a problem playing there.
GK - Massive signing needs to be made. A. Becker for me.
So it looks like:
ST - Auba, Welbz
9 1/2 - Lacazette, Nketiah
10 - Özil, Mkhi
AMF - Ramsey, Elneny, Rene-Adelaide
CMF- Golovin, Iwobi
DM - De Jong, Xhaka
RB - AMN, Youth prospect
CB - De ligt, Holding
CB - Soyuncu, Koscielny,
LB - Kolasinac, Sessegnon
GK - Becker , Cech, Macey
Out: Perez 12m, Ospina 5m, Mustafi 25m, Chambers 20m, Bellerin 60m, Monreal 8m, Wilshere free, Mert free, Campbell 1m. 131m + 70m to spend is 200m.
Out for constructive loan - Sheaf, Mavropanos, Willock, Nelson.
In : Golovin 15m, De Jong 10m, De Light 45m, Soyuncu 20m, Sessegnon 25m, Becker 60m.
175m spend.
Profit!
All of the above based on no champions league football and us getting a manager who can actually coach a diamond.
Bellerin would be the one to go. Can’t afford to lose Ramsey and Lacazette won’t leave after one season. We should sell a number of players before even thinking about selling one of those guys.
Ospina, Mustafi, Perez, Akpom, Campbell, Martinez, Asano, Jenkinson, Holding it Chambers and Welbeck should all go first. That would probably be £70-80m at least, plus the £70m budget we supposedly have that’s £150m in total give or take. If we can’t get it right with that then I’m not sure what use having an extra £50m from selling an important player would do anyway.
Think we would easily sell Welbeck, Mustafi and Holding/Chambers. Campbell could do well at the World Cup, same with Ospina. Think the ones that will be difficult to sell are Jenkinson, Asano and Akpom. Wouldn’t surprise me if we just let them go like we did with Debuchy.In all honesty we have a bunch of poor players with low market value. Teams dont want these players and those that do will push for loans. Our recruitment over the years has been shocking and we are now reaping what we have sown. In recent times we have bought 2 strikers who have reached their ceiling for near 100m. Their value will fall over the next 2 years. We don't have a player in our squad worth 70+ which in todays market is the standard price for a good quality player.
Think we would easily sell Welbeck, Mustafi and Holding/Chambers. Campbell could do well at the World Cup, same with Ospina. Think the ones that will be difficult to sell are Jenkinson, Asano and Akpom. Wouldn’t surprise me if we just let them go like we did with Debuchy.
Don’t forget this is a market where average championship players like Nakhi Wells, Chris Wood and Jordan Hugill are selling for £10m +
Liverpool fans seem pretty confident Havertz will go to them, but then again they seem pretty confident they'll sign literally everyone. This tweet being a particular gem:
We would still get at least £20m for Mustafi imo. I think the minimum we’d get for each player would probably be:I agree on Welbeck. After this season Mustafi wont be an attractive CB option for potential buyers. Considering we spend near 35+ on him if any offers do come in they are likely to be loans with an option to buy at a considerable loss. Chambers has more value due to the fee we paid and his loan spell at boro enhancing his somewhat reputation. Holding wont be sold and doesn't really have a sell on value currently due to his inexperience and fee we paid initially being 2-3m. Ospina is sellable but we wont get anything more then 6-7m. The rest are deadline day dead wood. Something will have to give. Either the board back the current or new manager or a 50m- asset is sacrificed
We would still get at least £20m for Mustafi imo. I think the minimum we’d get for each player would probably be:
Mustafi - £20m
Welbeck - £15m
Chambers - £15m
Holding - £7/8m
Perez - £7m
Ospina - £5m
Campbell - £5m
If Campbell scores a couple at the World Cup, we could probably get £10-12m for him. Of course we won’t sell them all but based on our outgoings in the last couple of windows, I’d be confident that at least 3 or 4 will be gone.
We’ll make our money back for everyone on that list bar Mustafi and Perez.Its ironic that in an inflated market, we wont even get the money back we paid for any these guys bar campbell. Poor recruitment has cost us on and off field
We need Bertrand. Monreal's legs are almost gone and the fat man isn't gonna cut it.If Southampton go down then we should sign Bertrand even if he isn’t a priority.
Shaqiri at Stoke would also add some genuine quality.
These aren’t players we seriously need, but they would be the kind of shrewd purchase that we should always be on the lookout for.
Could be a cheaper option in a summer where CB will be a premium.