Will we spend... I guess it depends partially on who goes?
We will need a squad of around 25 players - plus some youngsters
probably something like 3 keepers, 9 defenders, 7 midfielders, 6 attackers
and we currently have
De Gea, Romero, Grant
Shaw, Dalot*, Young, Valencia, Darmain
Lindeloff, Jones, Smalling, Bailey, Rojo
Matic, Pogba, Fred, Mctominy, Herrera, A.Periera
Rashford, Martial, Mata, Sanchez, Lukaku, Lingaard
Dalot wont count towards 25man squad due to age next year
with J.Pereira. Henderson, Tuanzebe and TFM on loan all of who are now old enough that they will count towards squad numbers.
the players in bold are ones who have been linked with moves away / not having contract renewed so in simple terms you could say we need up to 12 but surely we wont sanction that.
I would expect us to loose Mata, herera, valencia, grant and darmain at the end of their contracts
I would expect us to sell one of Bailey / Rojo... probably Rojo
I would expect us to try to sell one of Sanchez / Lukaku... probably sanchez
I would expect us to extend Andreas Periera by his one year option
I would expect us to keep De Gea and Pogba for next season though there is a real possibility if we dont get CL next season there will be significant bids and should we not qualify for the CL the season after then unlikely we can keep them
I would expect us to give J.Pereira the 3rd keeper spot
I would expect us to try to loan Henderson, Tuanzebe and TFM again
this would give us a squad of
De Gea, Romero, J.Pereira
Dalot*, Shaw, Young (new full back)
Lindeloff, Jones, Smalling, Bailey (new CB)
Matic, Pogba, Fred, Mctominy, A.Periera, (new defensive mid, new center mid)
Rashford, Martial, Lukaku, Lingaard, (new wide attacker)
that would be 24 man squad but supplemented by the likes of
Laird, Garner, Chong, Gomez, Greenwood
Thats 5 players in with budgets i would guess of
Full Back - 25-50m seems to be ballpark for a good fullback these days and guess of 150k per week
CB - 50-75m again seems to be broadly the figures again 150k per week (alderweireld would provide a cheep option)
Defensive mid - perhaps 25-50m (possibly even promote TFM but I dount it) perhaps 150k per week
center mid -50-75m could be significantly more i guess depending who they went for possibly 200k per week (rabiot could provide a cheep option on a bosman?)
wide attacker 100m+ maybe 250k per week
that could be a spend of around £300m and 900k a week?
offset somewhat by the fact that the wages for Mata, Herera, Valencia, Darmain, Rojo and Sanchez would be off the books which I would guess is around 1m a week? and I think perhaps we could get something in the region of 60m for Rojo and Sanchez?
net spend of around 250m and wages stay roughly in line... would be a big spend but I think we need something like that given how competitive the premier league is right now.