OK, for what it's worth here's my take. Hazard is definately a no brainer. He can play either wing or in the middle of a 4231, 443 system. He could also play as a second striker or on the wing in a 442 (a system we don't play because we don't have the personel to play this way i.e. explosive pace over the first 10 yards). If we want to be able to get at teams who park the bus we need to be able to play 442. Therefore I believe Bale is a must because he would play on the opposite wing to Hazard and give us balance while being equally dangerous.
As for midfield and CB, Martinez can play both very well and gives us more versatility than Vertonghen. So for me again it's a no brainer Martinez all day long. I agree that you can't have 4 world class CBs but 3, one of them being Martinez would work because most of the time i would expect him to play CM next to Yaya. If we aquired these 3 for say £90mill then we could sell DeJong £10mill, AJ £10mill, Weiss £3mill, MJ £1mill, release Hargreaves and Pizzaro, sell Boyata £3mill. Add to this the sales of Ade £10mill, Bridge £1mill, Santa Cruz £2mill, Cunningham £1mill the net spend is down to £50mill.
As for midfield and CB, Martinez can play both very well and gives us more versatility than Vertonghen. So for me again it's a no brainer Martinez all day long. I agree that you can't have 4 world class CBs but 3, one of them being Martinez would work because most of the time i would expect him to play CM next to Yaya. If we aquired these 3 for say £90mill then we could sell DeJong £10mill, AJ £10mill, Weiss £3mill, MJ £1mill, release Hargreaves and Pizzaro, sell Boyata £3mill. Add to this the sales of Ade £10mill, Bridge £1mill, Santa Cruz £2mill, Cunningham £1mill the net spend is down to £50mill.