Just guessing, but I wouldn't have thought any of the players where told their fate before the final few games of last season.

Seeing AS most of them have now gone off to their home countries or on holiday, how will they find out if they are going to be surplus to requirements next season?(Tetez, Dzeko, Kolo. De Jong, Johnson, Bridge(arf!), etc) Surely Khaldoon and ManCini will want to sit down with them and tell them face to face.

I think we will do our retained list this either later today, or some time this week as a couple of teams have done already.

Will probably get a bit more time to enjoy title victory (and rightly so) before the axe comes swinging down on them.

Talking of players, the ones out on loan, will they have had to report back directly after their last match for the loan club?

This conjures up a masterchef type scenario with the whole squad lined up in front of Khaldoon and Mancini,

Zab you are in
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The only "list" required will be those leaving, and these are obvious, Bridge, Adebayor (and he will require a fee) etc.

I don't think anyone in the match day squad last weekend will be going unless we get a good offer. I suspect Savic will go out on loan in August, plus a few others from the EDS. Tevez I think will want to stay, and will be wanted.

I would agree with cleavers, and I cannot see that many changes. We deffo need to get rid of Bridge, Adebayor and Santa Cruz, but other than that who would you let go unless a good offer came in?

We then need to sign a couple of quality additions, although I am starting to tire of the Hazard saga already. Now it seems Chelsea are in the mix, and is he THAT good. Only one goal for Belgium in around 26 games makes me wonder.

Not by everyone.

I still refuse to cheer the man. He is a cretin, a talented one, but a cretin none the less.

For me, the sooner we see the back of him the better.

You'll not get an argument from me, I was just going on the clubs reaction in the last few games, for me nothing has changed, and I suspect we'll get trouble from him again if we keep him.

I hope Tetez stays.