Versatility is key IMO.
A dream, and unrealistic scenario for me would be something like
Yaya out, Milinkovic-Savic in. Can play anywhere in midfield, long term defensive midfielder.
Mangala out, Lucas Hernandez in. Long term left sided CB and decent LB cover.
Zinchenko out, Raphael Guerreiro in. Can play very Well LW, LB or anywhere in midfield.
Thatd keep us at 17 foreign players and give us by far the best squad in Europe.
Haven’t seen much of Lucas Hernandez but the other two I like a lot. We’ve been linked with all 3 I’m not mistaken. Maybe not Guerreiro, though seem to recall something on Citywatch.
I think Milinkovic-Savic would be perfect for the PL and would excel with us. If we keep Delph and sign Lucas we won’t even need to sign an LB.
Going to be very interesting. Linked with Bertrand again recently. Doubt we will pay the likely £25-30m required to sign him in Janaury. Ghoulam was the perfect choice for me for LB but with his injury, he is now out of the picture completely IMO.