Is it really THAT hard a job though? I keep hearing it is but by all accounts we have money to bring in five or six players and I expect Ward, Cahill, and Townsend to sign new deals, also Clyne if he’ll accept a lower salary. Everyone keeps banging on about the contract situation but looking at it aside from those four it’s:
Brandon Aveiro, Lewis Bryon, Scott Dann, Kian Flanagan, Kevin Gonzalez, Harlem Hale, Stephen Henderson, Wayne Hennessey, Lewis Hobbs, Rohan Luthra, Alfie Matthews, James McCarthy, Jacob Russell, Jude Russell, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, Connor Wickham, Samuel Woods.
Sakho and Van Aanholt are on the way down and both have lost their places and are on big wages. Who else would we miss from that lot? I’d suggest none of them, we’ll be far better off with the new players competing for the matchday squad.
I think it’s a cracking opportunity personally, especially with our promising academy sides (but I’m biased).