Beginning The 2025 Rebuild of City

[John Wayne]

1 - Should Pep be in charge of the rebuild? YES

2 - Which players should be moved on in 2025? De Bruyne, McAtee, Walker, Ederson, Gundogan. We need a bigger squad, so five out and seven in seems reasonable. The following year will be Stones, Grealish, Bernardo. I think they get another year.

3 - Which players should be offered new contracts? Rodri, Haaland, Dias, Foden

3b - What players should we be targetting? Musiala, Wirtz, a sub keeper with Ortega moving to number 1, Juma Bah, Zubimendi, Guimaraes, Kimmich. I'm not saying we get all of them but they're the top targets and we need to show we're elite. No more cleverdick recruitment that takes us backwards.

4 - Who is making the decisions for the rebuild? Txiki, Viana and Pep. Business as usual with the DoF. This rebuild spans two windows so it involves our two respective DoFs.

5 - How will the 115 PL charges decision and other outside influences reflect on the rebuild. Do we wait until after the decision of the independent commission? We act like 115 never existed.

6 - what sort of figures do we realistically have to spend on a rebuild?
£400m, but probably £500m with sales of players and academy talent.

7 - With the bad form we are in, how as fans can we help the club? We realistically cannot. But I don't mind people voicing their displeasure, as long as it is proportionate. People sacrifice a lot to watch football. Sometimes you have to give your kids a bollocking even though you love them dearly. When matches are being played, continue to turn up and support the team unconditionally.

 

[Delphinho]

Reckon Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne and McAtee goes next summer, possibly one of Stones/Ake. Bernardo probably wants out like he’s done for 2 seasons now, but there’s just too many deals to be done for him to leave next summer. Possibly Bernardo and Grealish gone in 2026

 

[John Wayne]

Reckon Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne and McAtee goes next summer, possibly one of Stones/Ake. Bernardo probably wants out like he’s done for 2 seasons now, but there’s just too many deals to be done for him to leave next summer. Possibly Bernardo and Grealish gone in 2026

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.

 

[Delphinho]

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.

I sadly think there’s no chance of signing Musiala or Wirtz. Looks like both will renew their contracts. If we sign 5+ players I doubt we’ll sign many 100m+ players anyways. We’ll probably have to go shopping in the shelf below Musiala and Wirtz

 

[John Wayne]

I sadly think there’s no chance of signing Musiala or Wirtz. Looks like both will renew their contracts. If we sign 5+ players I doubt we’ll sign many 100m+ players anyways. We’ll probably have to go shopping in the shelf below Musiala and Wirtz

Alas, you're probably correct. I just loved the days when we meant business - Barry, Tevez, Silva, Yaya, Aguero. Proper statement signings. Not many people are laughing at Chelsea anymore. Yes, they have been scattergun and those eight-year deals are risky. But when they want someone they get it done.

 

[Delphinho]

Alas, you're probably correct. I just loved the days when we meant business - Barry, Tevez, Silva, Yaya, Aguero. Proper statement signings. Not many people are laughing at Chelsea anymore. Yes, they have been scattergun and those eight-year deals are risky. But when they want someone they get it done.

Plenty of good players in the market, just hope we stay well clear of the likes of Eze and Wharton. You’d never see Real Madrid make those kind of signings. Very expensive sideways steps that doesn’t improve the squad

 

[Blue Bogey]

Alas, you're probably correct. I just loved the days when we meant business - Barry, Tevez, Silva, Yaya, Aguero. Proper statement signings. Not many people are laughing at Chelsea anymore. Yes, they have been scattergun and those eight-year deals are risky. But when they want someone they get it done.

I can see Chelsea getting a stronger squad next season. Already they have winger Estêvão due to join them in July 2025 when he will be 18. In Brazil he is tearing it up with goals and assists at 17 years of age for Palmeiras. His figures are extraordinary for a player of his age. He could end up better than Vini Junior and Rodrygo.

So we need to compete with this.

 

[John Wayne]

Plenty of good players in the market, just hope we stay well clear of the likes of Eze and Wharton. You’d never see Real Madrid make those kind of signings. Very expensive sideways steps that doesn’t improve the squad

That should be the mantra - if Real Madrid wouldn't sign him, why should we?

 

[Blue-Ghana]

We had a squad planning thread but...

1 - Should Pep be in charge of the rebuild? YES
2 - Which players should be moved on in 2025? WALKER, GREALISH NUNES, AKE, KDB
3 - Which players should be offered new contracts? Rodri, Haaland, Foden, Dias
4 - Who is making the decisions for the rebuild, TRANSFER GROUP AS PER.
5 - How will the 115 PL charges decision and other outside influences reflect on the rebuild. Do we wait until after the decision of the independent commission? CLUB WILL BE BAU UNTIL ALL APPEALS ARE DONE
6 - what sort of figures do we realistically have to spend on a rebuild? 500 over 3 windows
7 - With the bad form we are in, how as fans can we help the club? KEEP GOING ONE GAME AT TIME

I will keep Ake and KDB , If Doku and savio don't show improvement by the summer, one of them could be sold as well

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

Reckon Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne and McAtee goes next summer, possibly one of Stones/Ake. Bernardo probably wants out like he’s done for 2 seasons now, but there’s just too many deals to be done for him to leave next summer. Possibly Bernardo and Grealish gone in 2026

Yeah I think it'll be a gradual rebuild over the next 2 summers.

Can see the squad looking completely different in 2-3 years time than it looks now, and hopefully Pep can then leave with the squad being in a great place.

Big job, but hopefully the club have it in hand. Tough job for Viana, hopefully Txiki gets some big moves made prior to him joining us. The midfield is the biggest problem with this squad that needs fixing with serious quality. Currently playing Gundagon, KDB and Bernardo as a trio, a combined age of 98. Far too old for what we need and all 3 of them will probably be gone in the next 18 months. Right back an obvious priority aswell, but sort those areas out 1st and the ball gets to the wingers quicker and they've got more space to do their job and feed Haaland. Then we can sort the other issues of the squad out.