Divided_Pie
Active Member
Since posting this a few things have changed, so I'm updating to factor in the changes:Out:
Aubameyang (€75M)
Chambers (€15M)
Kolasinac (€10M)
Mustafi (€5M)
Elneny (€5M)
Ospina (€4M)
In:
Nicolas Pepe (€75M)
Thomas Partey (€15M + Xhaka)
William Saliba (€25+5M + Loan Back)
Kieron Tierney (€25 + Jenkinson)
Ryan Fraser (€25M)
Gabriel Martinelli (€7M)
.............................Leno (27)
..........................Martinez (26)
................Sokratis (31) Koscielny (33)
....................Bielik (21) Holding (23)
Bellerin (24).................................. Tierney (22)
AMN (22)..................................... Monreal (33)
..................Torreira (23) Partey (26)
................Willock (20) Guendouzi (20)
Pepe (24).............. Özil (30)........... Fraser (25)
Mkhi (30)........... Iwobi (23).......... Nelson (19)
..........................Lacazette (28)
...........................Nketiah (20)
..........................Martinelli (18)
The key IMO is to get Xhaka out. His inadequacies put pressure on every other player in the team, especially the defense. Any plan that involves keeping him at CM will fail, IMO. Partey would be perfect.
I'm okay with losing Auba if we can use the funds to bring in a player like Pepe. Lacazette is younger, on lower wages (esp if Auba signs a new deal), has three years left on his contract, and is a more well-rounded player with better hold-up/link-up play and better pressing. Pepe can replace some of the goals we'd lose with Auba leaving.
In general I'd prefer to give more minutes to our young players rather than signing stop-gap veterans. If more funds need to be generated, I'd sell Mkhi or Iwobi and give more time to Smith-Rowe.
1. Pepe in without (it appears) needing to sell Auba
2. With Auba staying, no need to buy another winger (Fraser)
3. Loan for Ceballos means it is not urgent to buy a CM (Partey)
4. Kosc forcing a sale means we need a first choice CB
5. It appears that Bielik will be sold (therefore we must keep Chambers) and Nelson loaned (need a different backup winger/AM).
Out:
Granit Xhaka (€25M)
Sead Kolasinac (€10M)
Shkodran Mustafi (€5M)
Muhammed Elneny (€5M)
Krystian Bielik (€5M)
Ismael Bennacer (€5M)*
David Ospina (€4M)*
Laurent Koscielny (€4M)
Xavier Amaechi (€2.5M)*
Reiss Nelson (Loan)
Emile Smith-Rowe (Loan)
Konstantinos Mavropanos (Loan)
TOTAL: €65.5M
In:
Nicolas Pepe (€80M)*
William Saliba (€30M + Loan Back)*
Presnel Kimpembe (€30M)
Kieron Tierney (€25 + Jenkinson)
Gabriel Martinelli (€7M)
Dani Ceballos (Loan)
TOTAL: €173M
NET SPEND: €108M
.............................Leno (27)
..........................Martinez (26)
................Sokratis (31) Kimpembe (24)
................Chambers (24) Holding (23)
Bellerin (24).................................. Tierney (22)
AMN (22)..................................... Monreal (33)
..................Torreira (23) Ceballos (23)
................Willock (20) Guendouzi (20)
Pepe (24)........... Özil (30)..... Aubameyang (30)
Mkhi (30)......... Iwobi (23)................. Saka (17)
..........................Lacazette (28)
...........................Nketiah (20)