The contracts on Tosun, Siggurdsson, Delph and Kenny expire this summer. Tosun may leave in January. The others will probably leave in summer.
In 2023, the contracts of Mina, Richarlison, Allan, Davies, Coleman, Bergovic, Townsend, Nkounkou, Rondon and Broadhead expire.
Richarlison, Mina will probably be sold in summer. Allan probably should be sold while he has some value. Davies should be sold, but he may decide to see out his contract. Coleman, Bergovic, Rondon and Townsend will run their contracts out. Broadhead and Nkounkou may be kept? (We will need some depth).
So in summer 2022 we will potentially lose upto eight to ten players that would be classed as first team squad. Some of this is good news as they are surplus and a wage drain. Others will need replacing.
As a minimum, we will be looking for a right back to replace Coleman, a CB to replace Mina and a forward to replace Richarlison.
We may also need to replace Allan and with Delph, Siggurdsson and Davies all potentially leaving we will need one or two central midfielders.
There is also a possibility that we get a wildcard bid for DCL or Pickford, but we would face that challenge if it happens.
Either way, summer 2022 is a massively important window. It will point to the longer term strategy we are following and whether the next crop of academy players are being trusted, ie Simms, Broadhead, Gordon, Branthwaite, Dobbin, Onyango etc.