From the FA Cup/title winning side we will have lost:
Tevez
Balotelli
De Jong
Johnson
Then there are rumours about Barry, Lescott and Kolarov.
My concern is that 3 of the players who have left are really good players and one of them was good at changing a game after coming on from the bench.
I'm happy that Navas cancels out Johnson and probably betters him, but Fernandinho has a lot to live up to if he's to better De Jong/Barry.
With the strikers, we have to buy someone who is top quality if we are to avoid slipping behind like last season. Aguero and Dzeko is nowhere near enough, especially when the latter regularly underperforms. Can we buy a striker better than Tevez or Mario?
I'm not having a moan here, this is just my analysis of the squad. I believe it is currently weaker than the side which won the title and we are 2-3 players short of being able to win the league again.