VDB obviously isn't an option and on his way out. So it's 5 players for 3 positions (six if you include Mainoo, who should only really be a youth option this season, not someone you need to rely upon).
At that point if you get one injury (like we have now with Mount) you have 4 players for 3 positions, and when the games start ramping up that is nowhere near enough.
I don’t understand this way of thinking. Like, at all.
You’re constructing a scenario of not enough cover based on a hypothetical of a player leaving. While the player is still here.
VDB played in all of pre-season. Do we want to sell him/loan him out? Yes, sure. Obviously. But he’s still here, with 1 day to go. We haven’t found someone to take him yet. So it’s 6, not 5.
The reason we’re not making movements for other players is very likely because we haven’t found anyone to take our own. Or because some of those are considered an option (like Gravenberch) only as cover *if* we manage to get rid of one our current players.