A-- With the Euros there could be a few players not getting games who we could sign + also teams who are out of Europe + the odd one whose value will keep going up as they improve.
B-- McAleny, Osman,Hibbert,McGeady,Pienaar and Oviedo cant get near the team and really shouldnt either. Thats 6 players already and if you add Gibson (who should be sold if hes fit) as well as Mirallas who seems to be off then its 8 players in 2 windows.
If we sign a keeper then one keeper will also be off so 9 players and thats not counting Naismith.
Personally i think its just a matter of when they all go, this or next window. Not sure its clever to move out 5 or 6 in one window...think it should be staggered and balanced with a top signing.
For the LW/LM position i think its going to cost big money but could be the catapult we need to turn wins into draws and boost morale of our young stars.
A - Very very hard to get top quality in - plus destabilising the squad. One player needed in Jan - two max.
B - No need for there to be a mass exodus. I genuinely can see Osman getting another year, rightly or wrongly. That would mean three possibly four squad players leaving. Not exactly en mass.
C - Agree there.
But we also have no idea just how much our bid for Yarmolenko was - it was pure speculation really. We may have £20mil to spend, but we'd get more value for that £20mil in the summer. That is my view and, actually, it definitely is that of RM - who says it whenever he is asked about the Jan window.
As it stands, if we can ship McGeady out in Jan and get a good player in a position we need (ideally, a player to fill that 'Kone' role if he falls out of form/or down to fatigue) I think we'll be well set.
