• I_am_the_grass@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Elneny’s injury will keep him out and without match fitness until at least Jan.

    Cedric, Holding, Runarsson, Okonkwo, Marquinhos, Tavares, Balogun. Possible even Tierney. That’s 7-8 players leaving.

    Coming in will be Raya, maybe a RW. And now maybe a CDM. I’m not saying it’s likely, but I can see it happening.

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      1 year ago

      Not convinced it’ll take that long with Elneny given he’s in training already but I’m no expert. You forgot Sambi btw.

      Even after all those departures, though, we’re still just at 25 lol. You could sell Tierney yeah but then you’d just have to replace him unless you wanted Holding to be RCB backup again, cuz you’d have to move Timber to LB.

      Our current squad:

      GKs: Ramsdale, Hein, Runarsson, Okonkwo (4)

      DF: Zinchenko, Tierney, Tavares, Gabriel, Kiwior, Saliba, Timber, Holding, White, Tomiyasu, Cedric (11)

      MF: Partey, Rice, Jorginho, Elneny, Lokonga, ESR, Havertz, Ødegaard, Vieira (9)

      FW: Saka, Nelson, Pepe, Marquinhos, Jesus, Nketiah, Balogun, Martinelli, Trossard (9)

      That’s 33 without Raya. We need to sell or loan 8 to even register everyone without Raya. Saka and Saliba and Hein are 21 now so we have to register them.