Got a big summer ahead. After spending half a billion last summer, this summer they need a Robertson replacement at left back, a right back that isn't shit and stays fit, a vvd replacement, potentially a konate replacement if he doesnt sign a new bumper contract. That's an entire new back 4.
Add a keeper to that, rumours Allison is off and he is always injured now anyway and they don't rate their £40m backup keeper.
That's already a huge, costly summer and That's just to pretty much stand still.
Salah will need replacing, ekitike will miss most of the season with his awful injury, will Isak stay fit and will Wirtz finally turn up? Arguments for at least 2 new forwards then midfield needs reinforcements too.
Seems impossible to fix that many issues even if they're willing to spend another half a billion. Don't think it matters who the manager is next year the squad is in a bad state and needs a couple of windows to reinvigorate it.
They're what happens if you aren't constantly refreshing the squad, might not need it in that moment but you're just creating a backlog further down the line when evertmything needs changing at once.
We've been very good at moving on players in recent years to prevent this from happening to us.
We could easily have given kdb a new contract last summer and he's still here having had another injury hit season and could have given walker a new contract as he becomes a shadow of his former self and not brought in khusanov and Cherki and instead would be needing those replacements this summer as well as replacements for stones and Bernardo.