Going through the squad - players we have who are well capable at this level.
Pickford, Tarkowski, Mina*, Mykolenko, Dacoure, Dele*, Gordon, DCL*.
Players who are good enough squad players at this level.
Begovic, Keane, Holgate, Godfrey, Gray, Allan. Iwobi
Players not good enough.
Coleman, Gomes, Davies, Gbamin, Townsend, Rondon
No idea if they are yet.
Patterson*.
Young lads we have.
Braithwaite, Simms, Dobbin.
The * means there's a doubt about them due to injury history or in Deles due to his form being poor for a few seasons before coming here, and Patterson because we simply have t seen enough to judge.
Ideally you'd want 13-15 players in that top group meaning you had very little drop off in case of injury with the rest of the squad being in that second group with most of them being either younger players who can develop to join that top list or players who where there but due to age have dropped in quality but still cover a need and bring experience or options to the squad.
And wages should kind of reflect the role each plays in importance to the team.
That second group of ours includes pretty much most if the highest earners at the club and pretty much no players who have a chance to develop to veing good enough.
Shows the mammoth task ahead