Brentford could be in trouble next season I reckon. I reckon Sunderland and Burnley are headed straight down but Leeds could stay up at Brentford's expense.
I'm pessimistic for next season TBH. We've dallied far too much on the striker situation - Sesko is apparently asking £350k a week which we aren't going to pay and now we've focused on Gyokeres the Dippers are in for him too and as it stands unless I really had my sights set on living in London I'd see them as a more attractive option.
I can see us finishing 3rd or even 4th unless we manage to get some top quality in a couple of areas up front and then, like you said for the midfielders, they'd need to integrate and get used to the team and we've got a tough run of games to start the new season. And this season is crucial if we want to keep Saliba etc as if we win nothing (and history tells us that's what's likely to happen) then some key players will be on at their agents to get themselves a move.
There arent really many top strikers around - not unless City want shot of Haaland or Madrid bin off Mbappe in which case we wouldn't pay the wages and there would be other teams they'd most likely want to go to.
The talk about Rodrygo joining from the Spanish Rags is hilarious. We've said we'd be interested if Madrid let him go - in which case no doubt City, Bayern, Dippers, a host of Saudi teams etc would also be in for him and could afford him and his big wages so there's no way he's coming unless he's somehow bought into the Arteta 'project' that's now in its 5th year and has yielded a Community shield and an FA Cup (that was won with Unai Emery's team anyway).
