heres the situation. we finish in a europa league place. auba and laca both leave for £100m combined, our seasonal budget is around £60m (so add the £100m on top). whats your realistic shopping list?
(yeah obvs no team has a mass rehaul in one summer but just players who would come in)
OutLacazette & Auba: £100m (350k p/w freed)
Ozil: £5-10m (350k p/w freed)
Xhaka: £20m (140k p/w freed)
Mustafi: £15m (100k p/w freed)
Sokratis: £5m (100k p/w freed)
Mkhitaryan: £10m (200k p/w freed)
Elneny: £10m (60k p/w freed)
Kolasinac: £15m (120k p/w freed)
Total:
£180m-175m - £1.4m p/w freed in wagesIncomingsMoussa Dembele: £45/50m (or Jovic)
Denis Zakaria: £35/40m
William Saliba: £30m - Already agreed
Jack Grealish: £30m
Xavi Quintilla: Free
Giorgian de Arrascaeta: £25m
Kevin Volland: £15m
Total (sans CB):
£190mLeno
Emi
Bellerin - ??? - Saliba - Tierney
AMN - D. Luiz/Mavro - Chambers/Holding - Quintilla
Zakaria - Torreira
Guendouzi - Willock
Pepe - de Arrascaeta - Grealish
Nelson - ESR - Martinelli
Dembele
Eddie/Volland
Imo we have to start a project again, it's the only way this club goes forward
I really struggled at a CB, all the options out there look diabolical. I quite like Tyrone Mings but even if Villa went down he'd still be outrageously expensive for what he is (given they spunked £25m on him in the summer)
Grealish is better out wide on the left and de Arrascaeta would be a huge gamble but is the ultimate hounding AM and can drop deep, though he is 5'8" and would be concerned with the lack fo height in the middle
its gonna be a really difficult summer, theres really not that much talent out there atm at the best ages (22-25)