Fuck me we must be playing 5 a side next season
Our squad is pretty big though, if anything this is a good thing as it trims the fat and allows some quality which we're lacking
Lets assume Marmoush, Savinho, Nico G, Reijnders, Trafford, Ake (and Kovacic and Lewis) all leave and for argument sake lets throw in Gvardiol which i cant see happening
Even if ALL of those leave, this is a our XI
- - - - - - - - Donnarumma- - - - - -
Nunes - - Dias - - Guehi - - RAN
- - - - - - Rodri - - - - NOR - - - - - -
Semenyo - - - Cherki - - - Doku
- - - - - - - - - - Haaland - - - - - - - - -
That is a title winning XI imo, maybe the only weakness if RAN at LB and that is easily mitigated by either 1. Gvardiol stays or 2. Anderson joins as expected and NOR goes to LB
Obviously our backup options aren't amazing in this hypothetical but we still have
• Foden or Khusanov who are first teamer level players, making up a 13 "core" players
• Reis, Alleyne, Echeverri, Nypan & McAidoo as young hungry players who could step into a squad role
• Mfuni, Mukasa, McFarlane, Heskey, Fapetu etc. On the periphery
Dont expect the club to sit around hoping for net spend of zero this year, think we will back Maresca