chazzle_dazzle
Player Valuation: £35m
Kevin Kampl, V Janssen and Lewis Cook would be a nice mix to keep the team fresh. Kampl is a pressing machine and can play CM, CAM and on the wing, Janssen is a proven goal scorer and a good link up player and Cook is a young dribbler with a mean shot a la Ward Prowse. Combine that with Davies, Dowell, Galloway and Ledson from the academy, and a world class GK, like Joe Hart, and perhaps 1 new CB who can play DM, and we have a really solid squad. RK likes forward pressing and mobility across the back line, and has also toyed with a back three with Bertrand as a CB, so perhaps don't be surprised if you find Baines' role changing v soon...
I was thinking about Cook the other day we got linked with him a while back, I think the emergence of Davies and one or two of the other young lads will probably mean he gets swerved.
Top class replacement for Barry/McCarthy yes, but given Koemans comments on southampton youth, i would guess we will be seeing a couple involved with the first team.