Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
If we really want them out Eggs, then we should be prepared to let them go on loan if need be. We have done quite well recently with offloading players, but a number have fallen through because we wanted sales rather than loans. As it happens, 2 of those players have played an active part in our so called recovery of the last few weeks, so perhaps it was for the best that Niasse and Lennon didn't go...I think it’s more about who comes in. It’s not easy moving players on because they are sitting on bigger contracts than they’d be getting elsewhere. Saying that, Koeman was very good at it. There might actually be demand from struggling clubs in January, and by that time Allardyce and his coaches will have undertaken their own assessment.

But having too large a squad does bring it's own problems, especially if some of the players are being disruptive in the dressing room. So we need to be aggressive in making this work because it's clear there are a number of players we need to move on either in January or in the summer.