Rabiot is a proper baller and given his lack of game time we might have a chance.
I’d take a couple of loans of players of his quality.
James Rodriguez is 29 at the end of the season so has plenty left in the tank. He puts up impressive numbers and at that price is worth the money for sure.
If it was me, id try for both on loan with options to buy.
Rabiot has the weird mother and Hamez is injury prone and may not adapt...neither might adapt.
Gives them both an incentive to showcase their talents and then we make decisions on them in the summer.
It also gives us the season to gradually ease Gomes and Gbamin back in.
The only players id be trying to sign for big money would be u23s who (like Farhad said) would cost a fortune in fees but whose wages wouldnt be too bad.
Obviously Kean fits the bill in that respect...go for Tonali and a centre back and give them till the summer to adapt...then weve got a super exciting young team close to being finished off with experienced players.