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I’m sorry but no, that’s not correct. We can get Haaland and still have a lot of money for investments. His package isn’t ultimately even that expensive. Last summer we were more tied and were still prepared to do Grealish + Kane. We can get a top DM quite easily as we’re losing Fernandinho. It is the top priority. We will also end up selling players, all that still kept quiet so not to disturb the end of the season. The squad refreshment Pep had discussed prior to last summer is in order now. We are not going to rely on Gundogan for this, it’s been tested and underwhelmed Pep. He can remain a third option in case the other two are out, but not as his main role, especially as physically he’s still not 100% and who knows how he will be at next season. I don’t know which DM the club likes and has been scouting and what the price will be. I know it’s not Enzo Fernandez because 1) he isn’t a DM and 2) the links about him are completely unreliable as I have personally checked. The mindset of our fanbase is used to thinking about the squad in an almost minimalist way, ignoring that everyone else has more players, as if we can’t possibly add more bodies. It is not set in stone that it will remain that way. What I know is how he works and he isn’t going to have Rodri without someone as good (even if potentially) as him in the squad. And frankly we can’t go through a season that way either. Academy kids don’t come into the equation. We don’t need to lose anyone to add a DM as we are already losing Fernandinho, and in fact we should have added a DM last summer already.If Haaland arrives and club has to pay for that "package" including Haaland's fee, plus agents and etc. and etc. then it means that there will be no money left for another 100m purchase like Rice..
So, it's either low-budget transfer and young talent like that Matheus from Sporting or Enzo from River Plate, or we sell Gundo / Bernardo to go for Rice or we just stick to the current players, which means:
1) Gundo will be moved to DM position and play similar role - Fernandinho has now. Captain + useful squad player
2) KDB-Bernardo as main number "Eights", plus Foden or Grealish used as substitutes for them (well... not substitute but like Gundo is used this year, always rotating with either KDB or Bernardo). With the arrival of Haaland, Foden or Grealish will definitely be moved to midfield, that's for sure, so Foden or Grealish will replace Gundo, Gundo will replace Fernandinho.
and 5 players in midfield is enough I think + Lavia and Macatee need time.. So, unless someone is sold, I think our midfield will be: Rodri, KDB, Bernardo, Foden, Gundo + Macatee & Lavia..
Our club has every tool to win a quadruple like Liverpool potentially could this year (but won’t!), it just has to adjust the squad depth a little. The way it is now it would take a miracle as it gets to the crunch time of the season and have to deal with a decline that is directly caused by lack of squad depth and a kind of rotation that is unsustainable in domestic cups and affects all competitions. In a perfect world you would say Pep just needs to use more the kids, but it isn’t going to happen, so we need to feed him just about a couple more bodies