First time for everything I guess
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Yeah, letās get Morton. Heās just had a great year playing regular football. Heāll probably jump at the squad to take Endoās minutes at Liverpool. 
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I dunno, buying or selling I have an issue with how Slot uses players.
He has favourites and the ones he doesnāt like donāt see the light of day. This automatically causes overused players and start looking shagged halfway through the season.
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You laughed at somebody like Arbeloa?
He was good for us and then went on to be successful at Madrid. Exactly the type we could do with
I laughed at the fact heās now 43 and I thought you were being sarcastic.
I didnāt notice the ālikeā
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Ah yeah, reading it back, youĀ“re right aha
But yes sorry, a player similar to Arbeloa when we signed him
With Slot gone the only players I would let go are Chiesa and Endo.
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Iām inclined to agree.
Only others Iād even consider would be Elliot because I just donāt see where he fits in this team and he deserves to go and play some regular football. And then Mac Allister (or Szoboslai if we got some Godfather type offer) and that would purely be to bring in someone who makes that a more balanced unit overall.
Everyone else stays and we build on top of what we have. We can re-evaluate the likes of Gakpo, Gomez, Tsimikas next summer when weāre not so off kilter and thereās not a world cup to contend with.
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Tsimikasā contract ends next summer anyway. It would surprise me if he got another one.
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If we keep Tsimikas around as our back up left back this year, I think we will do it with the intention of letting him leave when his contract runs out at the end of the season. A stop gap measure to put of needing another left back by a year.
I think Gomezā contract runs out at the end of next season too.
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I think they both deserve to be allowed to leave on a free. We wouldnāt get much for either and theyāve both been loyal servants (when fit).
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I mean weāve given away the family jewels for free (Salah, Konate, Trent, Robbo) why not the rest
More of not getting much of a transfer fee.
Outside of Van Dijk, Isak, Wirtz and , I wouldnĀ“t mind if any were sold. Nobody in our squad, I think couldnĀ“t be replaced quite easily.
IĀ“d give Kerkez another year at least, I probably wouldnĀ“t sell Jones for his versatility and heĀ“s a solid local player, and probably not Gomez for utility when fit and we have no cbs, but heĀ“s always injured. Obviously not Ali but heĀ“s always injured too.
Iād definitely keep Kerkez. Weāve got enough changes to make in the squad without adding needing a new first choice left back as a need this summer and Iraola has gotten good performances out of him before.
Jones I might sell though, reluctantly, as Iād prefer he stays. A local lad and good homegrown player who will be at worst a good squad option but he is going into the last year of his contract and seems to want to leave. With Iraola in, Iād be seeing if he would reconsider staying but sell him if he really is set on going and wonāt sign a contract.
The complication with Jones is that as club trained player, he would represent an opportunity to bank pure profit.
Yeah that is part of it as well. If the rumors about Inter are true, theyāll not pay what he is worth but as pure profit it is still better then letting him go for free. Especially when we might have Alisson, Gomez and Tsimikas going on frees that summer too.
Edited to add. Maybe Endo as well if we donāt sell this summer and Virgil if we donāt give him another extension.
Forwards- sell Chiesa, add 2-3
Midfield- sell Macca (legs are gone), Endo (give minutes to younger players), keep Jones, add 2
Defense- keep the lot, add a RB who can also play on the left if needed.
GK- consider loaning Mama (he just doesnāt seem ready to be our long term 1st choice)
I do wonder if the discussion around Jones is because heās made it clear he wouldnāt sign a new deal. Heāll turn 26 next season and whilst heās seen his minutes continue to increase heās still not really nailed down a starting role.
Heās probably not getting offered big big money by us to renew given his standing in the squad. This could be his chance to go get a contract, a starting role, and a chance to kick on in his career.
I can imagine him watching Trent make that leap out of his comfort zone being quite a motivator. Heās been here since he was a kid but thereās a big name European club out there showing they want you and it must be tempting to see that as a huge opportunity you might not get again.
I wouldnāt want him to go but weāve also got to stop letting all these lads leave on free transfers, especially the ones weāve developed as we know how important they are for the financial rules.
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Jones might be looking at McTominay from a season ago and feel he can have the same impact and the same headlinesā¦ The lad owes us nothing, and vice-versaā¦ We are entering into the land and hands of the unknown nowā¦ Maybe Iraola will do what he thinks is best without any room for sentimentality
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