i'd be happy with a pacey, strong centre back and a brilliant target man in jan. I think left back can wait until the summer tbh, but i don't like this talk of the squad being too big. We want to be regular european competitors and i think with our home grown quota and youth team starlets, that's not really an issue. About 2 or 3 aren't needed imo, but by the end of the summer i think our squad will look something like:
Keepers
Pickford
New GK
Stek
Right Backs
Coleman
Kenny
Centre Backs
New CB
Keane
New CB
Williams
Mori
Holgate
Left Backs
New LB
Baines
Defensive/Centre Mids
Schneiderlin
Gueye
Rooney
Davies
Klaassen
Besic
Right Mid's
Bolasie
Lookman
Onyekuru
Lennon
Left Mid's
Siggurdsson
Vlasic
Sandro
Strikers
New ST
New ST
Niasse
DCL
When we look at that, we'll be losing robles and barkley because of their contracts and you'd think that mirallas, mccarthy and jagielka will be moved on (one of him or williams, rather than both, hopefully). That leaves us with a squad of 30 which i don't think is too much, especially give the amount of youth. Players like lennon and niasse have no real sell value and i think are useful to keep around the squad for that reason. We could possibly do with another top wide player if we're willing to let mirallas go, but i'd rather see how bolasie comes back and how the young wingers start developing first. That list of centre mids and DM's could possibly do with another addition, but overall i think that's a good core of 30 players. I don't agree with shouts of mass overhauls, we've had to do it for the last few years now, so we need a tad bit of stability, which is why senior players like williams, baines, lennon etc can be maintained and as fringe players.