Possible squad/starting XI next season?

palmer is ready and wiil get more minutes, mcatee also.

rodri,bernardo,kdb,foden,halaand sure in the starting 11.

gundo,grilish,mahrez,sterling,palmer,alvarez can change,
 
BrazilianBlue (Gus) said:
No one HAS to go. We were gonna have this season with Torres and Kane. These two are for those spots
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I keep wondering why some posters think someone has to go, at the end of the day, we needed a striker, we got Haaland and Alvarez, so they will play those roles well. Sterling/Mahrez on the right and Foden/Jesus on the left.

Before am told about Grealish, that boy ain't a winger and he has shown his incapable of playing there, he should drop into midfield. Even though some people would say Phil isn't a winger, well too bad, that boy is seriously good, so he can play there if he wants to.

Not debating that Sterling should go or not! Or whether we should cash in or not, just stating, if all things leveled, no one has to go, that's all am saying. Pep likes two good players per position!
 
Georgian Maestro said:
I think the forward options look weak in the wide areas.
Question marks over Alvarez, Grealish and Palmer. Sterling in the last year of his contract and will he rediscover his consistent form of a few years ago. Also a lack of pace.
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Palmer and Alvarez are levels ahead of Grealish in the wide areas, even if some posters maybe suspicious of Palmer because of his age and lack of playing time at the highest level and Alvarez having to adapt to a new league, new style, basically new everything. I personally would pick them over Grealish to play on the wide areas of our attack anytime, anyday, no matter the weather!

And I also agree with your post.
 
Ederson
New backup goalkeeper
Carson

Cancelo
Walker

Stones
Dias
Laporte
Ake

New left back
Zinchenko

Rodri
Bernardo
New midfielder
Gundogan

Sterling
Mahrez

De Bruyne

Foden
Grealish

Haaland
Alvarez

Midfield seems to be a pick between Enzo Fernandez, Matheus Nunes, Tchouameni and FDJ. Personally, I’d favour Tchouameni because I think he is the most similar to Fernandinho and, on top of that, he is the best player out of all of them. He can also play as a box-to-box and a defensive midfielder. I think we’ll neglect the left back position because there isn’t many good options out there but I would like to see it addressed. Other than that, the only transfers will be if we are to replace any players — for example, if Laporte wants to go back to Spain, then replace him with Pau Torres or Bastoni. I expect Palmer to get a bit of first team action and McAtee might get a few minutes too.
 
BrazilianBlue (Gus) said:
I’d put money on us not signing any of those
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Enzo Fernandez and Nunes links aren’t that concrete and De Jong and Tchouameni seem to be off to United and Liverpool respectively. You’re probably right but they are the only midfield players we have been linked with. I’ve seen you mention Danilo from Palmeiras — is he ready to join City?
 
The interesting question is, what happens to the EDS side which has just won the league back to back?

Palmer seems a fair bet to become a fully fledged first teamer next season, due to his versatility and the amount of trust Pep clearly has in him, but the likes of McAtee, Delap, Lavia and Mbete are far too good to be playing in the PL2 for a third season.

Loans? Or just kept around the squad? If they stick around, is room made for them to actually play?

Do we really need a new midfielder to replace Dinho in the squad when we have Lavia and McAtee, who we don't want to lose, don't want to loan out, and don't want to keep in the reserves? I could understand if we were looking at a specialist 6, someone like Kalvin Phillips. But the links so far have been to players who are predominantly more forward thinking, which seems bizarre when we have KDB, Bernardo, Gundo + Foden, Grealish, Palmer and McAtee who can all play that role.

Is Alvarez coming into the squad as a striker or a wide forward? What does his arrival mean for Delap? If Alvarez plays predominantly wide, surely Delap is the perfect understudy for Haaland in terms of profile?

Do we need to sign a new left back when Zinchenko, Cancelo and especially Ake can all play well there? If Ake plays more at left back, does that open up an opportunity for Mbete to establish himself?

It's a real failure if they don't all get the chance to stake a claim. Even if it's just a handful of cup games, or cameos in the league.

I also think City should be trying to convince Bazunu to come and play second fiddle to Eddie for a year. He'll play at least the cup games and probably a Champions League dead rubber or two, plus any Eddie can't. A year to see if he can learn the Pep way, and play at the highest level. Worst case scenario, it doesn't work out and we sell him for a decent fee. Best case, Eddie gets some real competition for a season and then we either loan Bazunu out or sell him for even more.
 
Delphinho said:
Didn’t see that, my bad, cheers
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No problem. Just meant to show people seem interested. Like with Enzo Fernandez, it’s a totally unreliable link that doesn’t seem even remotely plausible
 
Honestly haven’t got a clue and don’t want this to sound like Football Manager but I’m going with something like

Ederson/Bazunu/Carson

Walker/Frimpong

Cancelo/Zinchenko

Dias/Laporte/Stones/Ake

Rodri/Nunes/Bernardo/DeBruyne/Gundogan

Foden/Grealish/Sterling/Mahrez

Haaland/Alvarez

Palmer & McAtee to be involved but still fairly minimal other high potential youth players so stick around but not get as many minutes (Lavia/JWE/Mbete/Egan-Riley) and Delap out on loan.

.Could see us keeping Steffen and Loaning Bazunu out just all depends on what the players want and who comes in.
.Would rather someone else than Nunes like JWP but Nunes is more of a natural CDM.
.I completely guessed at RB but will be someone young will all the right attributes we are after for us to develop like Zinchenko has.
.I can see Sterling resigning but if not I hope we go for someone like with lots of experience like Gnabry but if not someone like Nkunku.
.I imagine this is Gundos last year and next years target will be a big money replacement.
.Who knows with Mahrez
 
In:
Haaland, Alvarez, Cucurella, Nunes and Porro (180m)

Out:
Zinchnko, Mendy, Fernandinho, Ferran, Jesus (125m)

Squad:
Ederson Steffen Carson
Walker Cancelo Porro Cucurella
Laporte Dias Stones Ake
Rodri Nunes
Bernardo Kdb Gundogan (McAtee)
Sterling Mahrez Foden Grealish (Palmer)
Haaland Alvarez

Much improved depth and quality overall.
 
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