bluechampion7891 said:
It will also lleave us a CM short. It will also imply that we'll have only 1 CM (Fernandinho) and 2 DMs (Garcia and Fernando). Not counting Rodwell and Milner
Would be somewhat offset if that fanciful Rodwellpluscash for Barkley rumour had legs...
Simplest way of looking at it IMO;
Negredo - Atletico
£25m (+25m)
Rodwell/£15m - Everton
£25m (+50m)
Barkley - Manchester
£25 (+25m)
Yaya/£15m - Monaco
£30m (+55m)*
James - Manchester
£60m (-5m)
* Yaya conservatively valued at £15m due to age.
So a net loss of £5m, Negredo and Yaya for Barkley and James.... Leaving us;
GK: Hart, Wright
FB: Zabaleta, Sagna, Richards, Kolarov, Clichy
CB: Kompany, Demichelis, Nastasić, Rekik, Boyata
DM: Fernando, Garcia
CM: Fernandinho, Barkley, Milner
AM/W: Silva, James, Nasri, Navas, Sinclair
CF/S: Agüero, Džeko, Jovetic, Guidetti
As great as it would be to have James and Barkley with us, the above team still leaves us desperately short of a quality 2nd keeper and at centre back. IMO, it's not worth it.