The out of contracts are Kolo, RSC, Bridge and Wright.
I suppose its possible Wright might get another year long deal but it doesn't matter to the first team anyway. RSC and Bridge finally off our books is great for the wage space it'll free up and Kolo is just not getting a new deal IMO. Will go to Gala or somewhere similar.
Players we'll try and move on IMO: Sinclair, Kolarov, Lescott, Nasri, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Dzeko.
Dzeko is probably going to be our top scorer this season but, outside of scoring goals is a bad match for the way we play/a player we can get a top fee for. Can see Dzeko going for 25 mil IMO, and I dont think anyone else we might sell will bring in that much, so its a certainty for me.
Think we'd like to keep Tevez, but he's not going to sign a new deal, so it makes sense to shift him to Boca for whatever we can get in the summer rather than waiting another year and losing a 25 mil striker for nothing. Reckon it'll be pennies though, like 6 or 7 mil max.
Lescott has fallen out favor and is on big money, so like with Mario, that's not a situation we can really allow. Reckon we can sell him for about 7/8 mil, which is a big loss, but I think last season's performances gave us our money's worth.
Sinclair just hasn't worked out. Mancini has no interest in him, and best for both parties if he gets out of here quickly, before he goes to rot. Will be surprised if we get 3 mil for him.
Nasri needed to push on this season, but hasn't. His stats are pretty horrible and we need to go on the attack next season so no room for a player who wants to hide. Reckon we can get a decent amount (still a loss) from PSG/Russian club. Probs something like 13 to 16 mil.
Barry might stay, and he has done the club great service in his time here, but he's getting on and I think starting another season with him as a first choice CM would be complacency. Need a younger/faster/stronger version. Keep him if he takes a pay cut/prepared to be a squad player, which I think he will be. But if not I think we should get what we can for him. Not a lot of money in a sale though. Probs 5/6 mil tops.
I think Milner's future depends on how much he's getting paid IMO. Agree we could use him as a utility player, but if he's pulling down 100k a week then that's money probably best spent on a more influential player. I think he'll probably stay but wouldn't be surprised if we moved him on either. I reckon we could take about 12 mil for Milner, which is quite a lot compared to other players so that might be appealing.
Kolarov I think will definitely go. Took great free-kicks, but can't get into the team and poor defensively. Probs 5/6 mil max.
I reckon we'll clear quite a lot of the reserves too. Guys like Boyata are never getting in the first team, and he needs to go and have a career somewhere.
I think Maicon will stay because he's only on a two year contract anyway and he'll just probably see that out. Rodwell/garcia will stay.
I don't think all of these people will go, someone will go that we weren't expecting and someone will stay who we weren't expecting etc.. But if we sell half those players and release the ones at the end of their contracts, that should provide all the wage space we need to bring in 2/3 world class players, which I think is all that we need.
Think we need a WC striker, with finishing as the primary attribute. Falcao/Cavani IMO. Think we need a top quality CM to go with Yaya, maybe a CB for cover if we sell Lescott. and a winger/AMF with pace. Buy those and we still should be spending less on wages then we were this season.
