Re: 2010-2011 Manchester City 25's squad
JamesTenOne said:
25 Man Squad:
Shay Given / Joe Hart / Stuart Taylor / Jerome Boateng / Joleon Lescott / Wayne Bridge / Micah Richards / Vincent Kompany / Aleksander Kolarov / Kolo Toure / Pablo Zabaleta / Adam Johnson / David Silva / Gareth Barry / Patrick Vieira / Yaya Toure / Nigel de Jong / Stephen Ireland / Michael Johnson / James Milner* / Shaun Wright-Phillips / Emmanuel Adebayor / Craig Bellamy / Carlos Tevez / AN Other*
Supplementary Under 21s:
Dedryk Boyata / Greg Cunningham / Keiran Trippier / Jeremy Helan / Abdi Ibrahim / Vladimir Weiss / John Guidetti / Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely / Mario Balotelli*
Players Not In The Squad To Sell/Exchange/Loan:
David Gonzales / Gunnar Nielsen / Javan Vidal / Javier Garrido / Salem Logan / Nedum Onuoha / Kelvin Etuhu / Felipe Caicedo / Jô / Robinho / Roque Santa Cruz
Good analysis, but without Milner and Balotelli and according to the OS we have 38 players (39 counting recent signing Kolarov). They are:
Goalkeepers (5)
David Gonzales, Shay Given, Joe Hart, Gunnar Nielsen, Stuart Taylor
Defenders (13)
Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Javan Vidal, Jerome Boateng, Joleon Lescott, Wayne Bridge, Javier Garrido, Shaleum Logan, Nedum Onuoha, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov
Midfielders (13)
Abdisalam Ibrahim, Adam Johnson, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Patrick Vieira, Yaya Toure, Nigel de Jong, Kelvin Etuhu, Stephen Ireland, Michael Johnson, Vincent Kompany, Vladimir Weiss, Shaun Wright-Phillips,
Strikers (8)
Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, Felipe Caicedo, Jô, Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely, Robinho, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez
There are 6 Under 21s in that 39.
Dedryck Boyata, Greg Cunningham, Abdisalam Ibrahim, Vladimir Weiss, Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely, Javan Vidal
That leaves 33 players of which 8 have to go.
Gunnar Nielsen is out on loan to Tranmere, so that knocks it down to 7.
Michael Johnson won't be registered for the 1st half of the season as he is not fit to play for the beginning of the season which takes it down to 6.
The 6 that are likely to be sold or loaned are:
1 GK likely to be David Gonzales but could be one of Hart or Given if not a regular starter.
2 DFs Shaleum Logan, Javier Garrido
1 MF Kelvin Etuhu (Could be serving a prison sentence anyway)
2 STs Felipe Caicedo, Jo
That leaves a 25 man roster of:
Goalkeepers (3)
Shay Given, Joe Hart, Stuart Taylor
Defenders (8)
Jerome Boateng, Joleon Lescott, Wayne Bridge, Nedum Onuoha, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov
Midfielders (9)
Adam Johnson, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Patrick Vieira, Yaya Toure, Nigel de Jong, Stephen Ireland, Vincent Kompany, Shaun Wright-Phillips
Strikers (5)
Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, Robinho, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez
Balotelli would be an under 21 so could be added to the squad without losing any of those players.
Signing Milner would mean that one of the above would have to be moved on. My odds would be on Robinho
Signing Dzeko would mean likely that RSC would be moved on.
So there is absolutely no reason for a fire sale of any sort and no real significant change to the team that has been assembled over the past 18 months.