How long will the rebuild take?

JamesMCFC said:
We need to start the rebuild in January. Try and get 3 players in, mid, cb, right back if possible, preferably 2 midfielders. Would love that kid from Brighton who they brought on against us but his name escapes me
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If the replacements aren't available in January then what?
 
youngbob said:
Many regard the summer of 2017 as a rebuild and yet, of the players we signed that summer, it was only really Ederson and Walker who came straight into the team. Bernardo and Danilo didn't really feature properly until the following season and Mendy was out for all of it. Laporte came in January. Sometimes a couple of players really can make all the difference.

Over the summer we went from

Caballero
Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov
Fernandinho
Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Sané
Aguero

to

Ederson
Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph
Fernandinho
Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Sané
Aguero

No major difference except at GK and full-back. It was just a necessary refresh that felt like a rebuild. No reason why 2/3 signings couldn't make all the difference for us, especially if Rodri comes back at his best as an added bonus.
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Standing by this from a few weeks ago.

Replacing Walker, Gundogan, and Bernardo with better alternatives, plus adding a couple more players in key positions, will constitute something of a rebuild imo.
 
Anyone think we should have made more effort to keep some of the academy prospects as some squad players were getting wrong side of 30 ? Palmer Lavia Porro etc yeah we still need to go into the market but some of the players we had as youngsters seem to be doing OK now at other clubs
 
Ederson - Keep
Ortega - Keep
Carson - Replace
Walker - Replace
Dias - Keep
Ake - Keep
Akanji - Keep
Gvardiol - Keep
Lewis - Keep
Stones - Replace (Based purely on injury record)
Gundogan- Replace
Silva - Keep
KDB - Keep
Savinho - Keep
Doku - Keep
Grealish - Keep
Rodrigo - Keep
Kovacic - Keep
McAtee - Replace
Phillips - Replace
Nunes - Replace
Foden - Keep
Haaland - Keep
Bobb - Keep
Wright - Keep
Simpson-Pusey - Keep
O’Reilly - Keep
Wilson-Esbrand - Keep

Priorities are a quality CDM, RB, LB, CAM, ST
Doing this list highlights just what a fantastic team we have if we didn’t have the ridiculous injury list we’ve got. It also shows that we haven’t been proactive in the transfer market. Granted we also need to phase out some of our older players, that I have suggested we keep, with quality replacements.
 
Depends on what you view as the rebuild and what you view as making us fully competitive again. When we get past this injury crisis we'll be harder to beat, but a few of the players injured are chronically absent, so need phasing out. To get us back in better standing this season, I think we need a midfielder and defender in Jan (if we can get rid of Walker).

Overall, I'd say we need 4/5 players over 3 windows with players being phased out/sold. CB/RB hybrid, 6, 8/10, GK if one leaves. I'd mention a striker but tbh, I'd much rather we start putting a youth striker on the bench and giving them opportunities. Not Pep's approach mind, but Haaland is playing a lot of minutes.
 
doobyedoobye said:
The Rodri situation was a tough one as who was going to come in and be his understudy. There didn't seem to be any obvious choices available?
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Maybe, but that has been a glaring vulnerability for three summers and last summer we didn’t close on Guimares, who we now appear to be wooing again.

We pressed our luck and now are digging out.
 
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