Adding Koulibaly to the team, does that mean we have to get rid of a foreign player?
I thought about the clubs tactics:
We were fast as hell in the opening days, adding both Ferran and Aké to the team. Maybe the plan all along was to only add a replacement for Sané and two centrebacks?
It seems Gundogan is not going anywhere and Pep said we won’t buy another midfielder so Auoar is not happening. Maybe Koulibaly is the last signing of the window?
The club must know by now (after Jorginho) what a pain in the ass ADL and Napoli are, so they saved the hardest signing for last and it doesn’t matter if this negotiation goes down to the very last days.
If we manage to sign Koulibaly and the window shuts a minute later, we would have all of the players we need for a successful campaign. Yes... Stones, Otamendi, Garcia and Zinchenko would still be here, but they would not play anyway.
I felt a bit like ’wtf, we have players we need to sell’ but if we only have time to buy Koulibaly and do nothing else in the window, I’d still be happy about that.
No we have a spot for Koulibaly. Only if we get a 2nd foreign player would we have to let go of someone.