Thoughts regarding potential signings based on the squad we have, presuming Ronaldo and AWB stay:
Right, with Antony all but confirmed according to tweets, it seems that we've now filled up 14 of our maximum 17 overseas spots.
Foreign: DDG, Lindelof, Ronaldo, Martial, Fred, Fernandes, Varane, Dalot, VDB, Malacia, Martinez, Eriksen, Casemiro, Antony
Homegrown: Shaw, Maguire, Rashford, Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Sancho, Heaton
Leaving four spots in out 25 man squad for the following, unless we make more signings:
Jones
Williams
Garner
Chong
Tuanzabe
ETH has confirmed that Jones, Tuanzabe and Williams are unlikely to leave this summer because of injury. That doesn't mean they'll be in the 25 man squad, of course. It's been rumoured that Chong will leave on loan and that Garner will be sold if there's a solid buyer that meets our pricetag, which tbh is a low one so should be sold. I'm surprised that Nottingham Forest haven't snapped him up if it's true the cost is just £14m, given how much they have been spending. Spurs, Southampton and Everton are all linked.
So potentially we have three spots that will be completely free for foreign or homegrown talent, and another one additional for homegrown, depending on which of the injured players are allowed to be included in the 25 man squad. We're heavily linked with a reserve GK. That's one spot down, likely not a homegrown player. Leaving us two foreign-or-homegrown spots and one homegrown-only spot. At that point, any players we bring in will force out the injured trio from playing for us this half-season. Tuanzabe was injured during pre-season, the other two have been out for months. Williams' injury was described at the start of preseason as a "small issue" which seems to have dragged on longer than we anticipated.