Brown Nose
Well-Known Member
I make it that we've still got 30 players for 25 squad places. From this, for a start I've removed Suengchitthawon as he's done his ACL.
With Schmeichel sold and Stolarczyk, Leshabela, Choudhury and Eppiah out on loan (I know more have gone on loan but these are the ones that would need to be registered), we're left with:
Ward, Iversen, Smithies, Justin, Fofana, Soyuncu, Bertrand, Evans, Brunt, Amartey, Ricardo, Vestergaard, Castagne, Thomas, Barnes, Tielemans, Maddison, Ndidi, Praet, Soumare, Albrighton, Wright, Mendy, Dewsbury-Hall, Iheanacho, Hirst, Vardy, Perez, Daka
Fofana appears about to depart. Ricardo and Bertrand seem long term absentees so we may decide not to register them. But that's still not enough.
We're going to have to get very busy over the next few days. Several players must be about to depart permanently or on loans. Only once that's in place can we be adding players.
It's also important to remember that BR has said many times that he doesn't want or need 25 players in his first team squad. For the 19/20 season, he clearly stated that he wanted 22 or 23 players (two players per position plus a third keeper). He's had a bigger squad for the last couple of seasons due to Covid and Europe, but there isn't any need this season.
With Soumare now back in from the cold and Vestergaard appearing to be rejecting moves away, who is going to go? Perhaps Wright and Hirst can be expected to be loaned out this week. With two full backs long term injured, I doubt that we can allow Brunt to go out now.
In terms of signings, we've got problems in several areas. We're weak in goal, central defence, left back, right side and possibly up front. It's an incredible mess.
There are some rumours around, not many though, but the time for rumours is over. We now have to make things happen.
With Schmeichel sold and Stolarczyk, Leshabela, Choudhury and Eppiah out on loan (I know more have gone on loan but these are the ones that would need to be registered), we're left with:
Ward, Iversen, Smithies, Justin, Fofana, Soyuncu, Bertrand, Evans, Brunt, Amartey, Ricardo, Vestergaard, Castagne, Thomas, Barnes, Tielemans, Maddison, Ndidi, Praet, Soumare, Albrighton, Wright, Mendy, Dewsbury-Hall, Iheanacho, Hirst, Vardy, Perez, Daka
Fofana appears about to depart. Ricardo and Bertrand seem long term absentees so we may decide not to register them. But that's still not enough.
We're going to have to get very busy over the next few days. Several players must be about to depart permanently or on loans. Only once that's in place can we be adding players.
It's also important to remember that BR has said many times that he doesn't want or need 25 players in his first team squad. For the 19/20 season, he clearly stated that he wanted 22 or 23 players (two players per position plus a third keeper). He's had a bigger squad for the last couple of seasons due to Covid and Europe, but there isn't any need this season.
With Soumare now back in from the cold and Vestergaard appearing to be rejecting moves away, who is going to go? Perhaps Wright and Hirst can be expected to be loaned out this week. With two full backs long term injured, I doubt that we can allow Brunt to go out now.
In terms of signings, we've got problems in several areas. We're weak in goal, central defence, left back, right side and possibly up front. It's an incredible mess.
There are some rumours around, not many though, but the time for rumours is over. We now have to make things happen.
