2025/26
Goal
Alisson, Mamardashvili, Jaros
LB
Kerkez, Robertson
RB
Frimpong, Bradley
CB
VvD, Konate, Huijsen, Gomez, Quansah
CM
MacAllister, Gravenberch, Jones + new signing
AM
Szoboszlai, Elliott
Attack
Salah, Gakpo, Díaz, Jota, Chiesa + new signing
Sales
Kelleher, Tsimikas, Endo, Bajcetic and Nunez
Suggestions for a midfield signings?
Jaros out of contract and Elliott for sale if we get the right offer.
Lamine Camara at Monaco.
Kid has everything. He’s got a bit of Endo in him in that he’s not shy of getting stuck in but he’s far superior on the ball, both in terms of passing and bringing it forward. Probably most similar to Mac Allister of our current options.
He probably lacks the top level games for us to make a move this summer but maybe we could see him as a developmental prospect we don’t need 50 games from in his first season.
Reckon he may well be on the move this summer though given his trajectory.
My preferred variation…
Goal
Alisson, Mamardashvili
LB
Álvaro Carreras, Robertson
RB
Frimpong, Bradley
CB
VvD, Konate, Huijsen, Quansah, Schlotterbeck
CM
MacAllister, Gravenberch, Jones, Bajcetic, Endo
AM
Szoboszlai, Elliott
Attack
Salah, Gakpo, Jota, Chiesa, Cunha, Ekitiké
Departures: Kelleher, Tsimikas, Nunez, Diaz, Gomez
Add Jota and Chiesa to that list I reckon. Chiesa for defo.
What’s your minimum for that? Would you sell to Newcastle or Arsenal?
That squad is a bit too large.
I hope Chiesa stays another year. I feel like we haven’t seen the best of him and he’s a smashing player. It would be sad to see him go.
Mind you, he must be pissed off at being ignored.
Can’t see us getting rid of four of our six attackers in one summer. That would be making a problem for ourselves that we just don’t need given we’ll be after at least two fullbacks, a midfielder and a number 9.
Same with any talk of Elliott going too. I think there’s a fair discussion there about his long term place but not this summer.
I reckon you’ll see Nunez plus one other forward go at most. That’ll be Salah if he doesn’t sign a new deal. If he does then it’s probably Chiesa if we can recoup our money on him. But, if we got a silly offer for Diaz or he agitated for a move then I could see us keeping Chiesa for another year.
Yeah 2 months into the season…with two attackers out
“We should have bought two attackers”