Has hickey been linked i kno was highly rated in scotland no idea how he has been in italy
Hes been linked to AC Milan recently with Paulo Maldini scouting him.
I like having Scottish players in the squad. They tend to have the right mentality and bring an 'edge'.
Selling Digne + Mina and bringing in Aaron Hickey (LB) as well as Nathan Patterson and Calvin Ramsay (RB) for possibly £30mil (as a total guess) would be very logical.
Also adding the Spanish u21 left back Sergio Gomes at circa £10mil would leave us looking like this:
LB: Hickey / Gomez / Nkounkou
RB: Patterson / Coleman / Ramsay
Probably loan out 2 of them until end of 22/23 season and thats strong competition along with a long term focus.
As for Mina leaving, we would still have Keane, Godfrey, Holgate and Branthwaite.
Come the summer, sell Keane and Holgate and reinvest in a top CB.
One other thing, bringing in £40mil+ in Jan (Digne/Mina) and another £20mil+ (Keane/Holgate) in the summer would not only equate to £60mil for FFP...
...it would give us alot more in wriggle room.