andersj
Nick Powell Expert
Our squad at the moment feels quite «bloated» and the biggest disappointment of the summer window was perhaps our inability to sell players. Perhaps not a surprise, as we all knew it would be hard due to the effect of the Covid. But still a disappointment. Both due to making our squad expensive and deadwood blocking younger players. And also for some of the players themself who want and deserve to play.
The next couple of windows we will probably (try to) sell;
- Martial
- van de Beek
- Henderson?
- Dalot
- Williams?
- Bailly/Tuanzebe?
- Chong
- Pereira
- Bernard?
While players like Jones, Mata, Lingard, Cavani and Pogba looks likely to leave to free.
We have not been good at selling players. It seems a recurring theme is that we pay our players too much, and that other clubs consequently cant afford them. And certainly cant afford to pay money for them on top of taking over their salary. It will be interesting to see if we have learned from past mistakes when looking to shift a few of these players (as some of them arrived or signed a new contract quite recently).
Considering the story around Brandon Williams this summer, the contract Henderson signed in the summer of ‘20 I’m not very optimistic. It would be interesting to know how much Judge (or whoever is in charge) has managed to cost our club in lost transfer fees. I really hope this is something our new CEO will address.
But for now, lets hope we somehow manage to trim our squad within the next year or so. So, how many of the players above will we be able to sell or move on? And how much will we raise from player sales the next two windows?
The next couple of windows we will probably (try to) sell;
- Martial
- van de Beek
- Henderson?
- Dalot
- Williams?
- Bailly/Tuanzebe?
- Chong
- Pereira
- Bernard?
While players like Jones, Mata, Lingard, Cavani and Pogba looks likely to leave to free.
We have not been good at selling players. It seems a recurring theme is that we pay our players too much, and that other clubs consequently cant afford them. And certainly cant afford to pay money for them on top of taking over their salary. It will be interesting to see if we have learned from past mistakes when looking to shift a few of these players (as some of them arrived or signed a new contract quite recently).
Considering the story around Brandon Williams this summer, the contract Henderson signed in the summer of ‘20 I’m not very optimistic. It would be interesting to know how much Judge (or whoever is in charge) has managed to cost our club in lost transfer fees. I really hope this is something our new CEO will address.
But for now, lets hope we somehow manage to trim our squad within the next year or so. So, how many of the players above will we be able to sell or move on? And how much will we raise from player sales the next two windows?
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