Ideally here’s what would happen.
Gk - good options no action needed.
Defense - sell Mustafi for around 25m (maybe?) and promote Saliba. Our options otherwise are fine. I rate Sokratis but Luiz/Saliba going forward is probably good there.
Full Backs - I’d love to get rid of Kolasinac for like 15m and raise some funds. Tierney is our starter there and if we go back to a 4 at the back we will have AMN and Saka who can deputize if needed, plenty of options, plus Osei-Tutu has been impressive on loan in Germany and was in the first team training this week, maybe time to promote him.
Midfield - ouch we suck here. Willock is a good bench option, keep. Torreira would be good in a 3 man midfield, keep. I fucking detest Xhaka and in my dream world we get rid right now while he’s still got value, and been in good form. Reckon we could get 25m for him or so. Then u sit down and have a heart to heart with Guendo and get him back into the team. Sign Partey for 40m (there are better options but the club seem smitten with him), and try and get Ceballos back on loan or buy for 30m.
Attacking Mid - biggest issue for me here is that link from midfield to attack, we need a creative player badly here. A shame we aren’t utilizing Özil. Jonathan David transfer fell through to Lille because of 5m euros. We should hijack that deal and then bring in ESR as another option. Of course probably the smartest thing we could do is get Buendia for that role.
Forwards - I woulda said sell Laca but he and Auba are homies and I don’t want to ruin the discord in the team. Think we stand pat on this because Gabi will be like a new signing. We dont have an issue in this area of the pitch.
Out:
Mustafi - 25m
Xhaka - 25m
Kola - 15m
In:
Partey 40m
Buendia 25m
Ceballos 30m
Net spend: 30m
Our team in 2020:
----------------Leno/Emi-------------
AMN----Saliba-----Luiz----Tierney
-------Ceballos------Partey--------
-----------------Buendia----------------
Pepe-----------Auba------Gabi/Saka
Bench: Bellerin, Osei-Tutu, Papa, Mari, Holding, Chambers, Saka, Torreira, Guendo, Willock, Nelson, Özil, ESR, Laca, Eddie
I dunno maybe if we could move a couple doods like Eddie and Nelson on to raise more funds that would be something to look in to.