Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Precisely...next summer is key with the out of contract players, which is why it was important to pad out the squad this summer i think.
The big mistake was not selling Naismith or McGeady as its not easy to sell next summer with so many players leaving already.
As for the squad depth of GOOD players i think it looks like this myself using the current system:
GK --
LB -- Baines / Garbutt
LCB -- Jagielka / Mori / Galloway
RCB -- Stones / Browning
RB -- Coleman / Holgate
DM -- McCarthy /Besic
CM -- Cleverley
AM - Barkley
LW -- Mirallas
CF -- Lukaku / Leandro
RW --Deulofeu / Lennon
Goalkeepers needed
Defence we're relatively fine
Midfield we need a playmaker
Attack another winger / forward
So 5/6 players based on this lot going ASAP
Howard
Robles
Hibbert
Oviedo (harsh)
Barry
Gibson
McGeady
Naismith
Osman
Kone
Pienaar
11 players out and 6 good players coming in and we have quality and depth.
The big mistake was not selling Naismith or McGeady as its not easy to sell next summer with so many players leaving already.
As for the squad depth of GOOD players i think it looks like this myself using the current system:
GK --
LB -- Baines / Garbutt
LCB -- Jagielka / Mori / Galloway
RCB -- Stones / Browning
RB -- Coleman / Holgate
DM -- McCarthy /Besic
CM -- Cleverley
AM - Barkley
LW -- Mirallas
CF -- Lukaku / Leandro
RW --Deulofeu / Lennon
Goalkeepers needed
Defence we're relatively fine
Midfield we need a playmaker
Attack another winger / forward
So 5/6 players based on this lot going ASAP
Howard
Robles
Hibbert
Oviedo (harsh)
Barry
Gibson
McGeady
Naismith
Osman
Kone
Pienaar
11 players out and 6 good players coming in and we have quality and depth.
The squad needs consolidation. I expect we'll see at least one player leave in January to start clearing out room for next summer.
-24 players need registration this week.
-4 unregistered players will need to be registered next year (Stones, Browning, Deulofeu, plus Garbutt if he doesn't go on loan).
-6 players out of contract after the season (Osman, Oviedo, Gibson, Pienaar, Kone, Hibbert).
That would leave room for only three overage additions, assuming none of those six players gets a new contract.









