I think we need an entirely new spine for this team.
A new #1 keeper is a must.
MAYBE one of the youngsters can back up Coleman at RB... but youngsters need game time to develop. I would rather see the like of JJK out on loan getting 25 starts in the Championship than getting 15 minutes a month coming off our bench.
Two new CBs: Jags is all but done, and Stones may well be a better long-term bet as a defensive midfielder. RFM is ok but we REALLY miss out not going for Alderweireld last year. He was excellent for Soton and it was a no-brainer at about £10m.
LB: we're set. If anything, we have too many options here. Some will go out on loan.
Defensive midfield: on paper we have enough bodies.... but Barry has got months left at best, Gibson is finished here, McCarthy is looking at a make-or-break season and Besic is still raw. We need at least one new face. Maybe Barkley drops back to be the box-to-box guy (a role Besic can do well too) and McCarthy takes over from Barry in the Makelele role, but then we'd just need a 10 to replace Barkley.
Wide midfield: Mirallas, Del and Lennon stay. Kone, McGeady, Pienaar are done. Niasse..... who knows. Cleverly is not a wide player, simple as. If we could get Sigurdsson from Swansea I'd have him.
10: Barkley and no-one else. Need a signing here.... Yarmolenkon? Yarmolenkoff?
Striker: Would like to see another player here, even if we are staying with 1 up front. Lukaku needs to be kept at almost all cost - don't sell him to a prem team, but if PSG slap £70m then fair enough. If Lukaku goes we have Mirallas who can play as a striker in a pair or a front three, but he can't play the solo role.
Urgent signings / promotions from U21s IMHO:
Keeper
CB
CB or DM (depending on the position Stones is best suited to)
CM
10
Striker
I don't see us buying six "names" though. Maybe three, but not six.
If we can find CBs and DMs at reasonable prices we could buy wisely and make Stones surplus to requirements, allowing us to cash in... doesn't work so easily with strikers though!
Just to go all footy manager for a bit
Need a new starting keeper - rather have one of the better backups in the league in Robles, than one of the weaker starters in him
Right Back - we have arguably 3 young academy lads in Kenny, Connely and Pennington who can all play their, Kenny being my preferred choice, as backup to Coleman whoever we have their will get a decent amount of game time as Coleman is almost a guarantee to miss a couple of 2-4 week spells with injuries, send Connely on loan keep Kenny as backup IMO
CB's - think IF we don't lose anyone then we need to add one good quality cb mate, we have Stones as a nailed on starter IMo with Mori/Jags the other side, addidng a quality one into the mix would see us really strong their, injury crisis hits then we have Pennington and Galloway/Holgate their - one of those probably best sent on loan to get game time ofc
Left Backs - baines and then Garbutt/Galloway/Connely backing him up - keep or flog Oviedo depending if he manages to regain any form of fitness over the summer and get back to how he was pre injury...
Defensive Midfield - Need to add one who can actuially pass a ball - shift Davies up to the main squad mto replace Gibson/Osman etc
Wide Midfield - Need someone who can play on the left naturally - shift IMO Lennon as he is a player who can make an impact for 5-6 ames then fades back to being average at best shift McGeady as well, both seasons with us he did exactly that, Deulofeue and Mirallas the other two options
Attacking Mid - have Tarashaj coming in got Barkley already, add maybe one who can play all across the frint three spots to give us a lot more depth - a quality player a must really
Striker - LIKELY to need to add at least 2 maybe 3, Kone is terrible and should be shot, Naisse we need to get rid of asap, Lukaku i fear will push a move through this summer, and by accoutns we have no one on the verge coming up through the academy, so need two really top striekrs and a third one who is maybe younger with potentially a big upside, IF Lukaku stays then we just need to bring one quality player in their.
Will stop[ the FM style post at that and no point going into names etc as will utterly depend on who the new manager is, will look a whole lot different if its Emery or De Boer or Koeman for example