That's how I see it exactly. The squad needs to increase by two, so that's seven signings. Living in fantasy land for the moment, our squad heading into next season for me:
Ortega
Second-choice GK (Hard to identify at the minute)
Third-choice GK from the academy
Kimmich/Kerkez
Bah
Stones (sees out his contract)
Dias
Gvardiol
Ake
Akanji
Lewis (not good enough, but he'll stay)
Rodri
Zubimendi
Guimaraes
Foden
Nunes (not good enough, but he'll stay)
Bernardo (sees out his contract)
Wirtz
Musiala
Kovacic
Doku
Savinho
Grealish (leaves in 2026)
Bobb
Haaland
Echeverri
Futures of Wright, O'Reilly, Simpson-Pusey, Doyle and Mubama are undecided.