Good post with a lot of logic to itAll depends on who we bring in.
But let's say we bring in exactly what we need:
CB
LB
W
ST
I'd say then we should be getting rid of:
Stekelenburg
Martina
Garbutt
Williams
Jagielka
Besic
Mirallas
Lennon
Niasse
That would leave us with a squad of:
GK: Pickford, Robles, Gray
RB: Coleman, Kenny
LB: NEW, Baines
CB: NEW, Keane, Holgate, Funes Mori
DM: Schneiderlin, Gueye, Baningime
CM: Davies, Klaassen, McCarthy
AM: Barkley, Rooney, Sigurdsson
RW: NEW, Vlasic
LW: Bolasie, Lookman
ST: NEW, Calvert-Lewin, Sandro
27-Man Squad with good competition in all places.
It would stabilise the ship for a season but that squad is not good enough to get us top 6 never mind top 4