1. Left Back
Don't have anyone in mind to be honest. Looks like Gareth Bale fits in. However, don't really see him much in defending but he's a pretty good defender. Wayne Bridge probably not because he's not getting younger.
2. Striker
Though David Villa is very tempting to be mentioned, I would think we need someone like Carlton Cole or Kenwyn Jones. Someone good in the air, I guess. John Carew is not getting younger.
3. Three Creative Wingers or Wide Midfielders
David Silva? Joe Cole? Arda Turan? Even better all three. Van der Vaart deserves a mention too.
Our midfield of Masch, Lucas, Gerrard and Aquilani are good enough.
I don't have any complaints of our CBs in Kyrgiakos, Carragher, Agger and Skrtel.
Our right side, Johnson is pretty good going forward but questionable defending. Darby makes a good cover.
Our left, Insua, I wouldn't say he's young if we got Bale because they're both the same age. Aurelio would be my first choice if fit, though.
Pepe Reina, world's best keeper only needs Cavalieri, if not, Gulacsi as back up.
Strikers, Fernando Torres is the best forward and it would help to have someone like Jones or Cole around him. N'gog can be a decent back up.
Our wide players/wingers, we have Maxi, Kuyt, Benayoun and Babel. Kuyt, Benayoun and Babel can be decent back ups to Cole, Silva and Turan.
In this case, we can allow El Zhar, Riera, Cavalieri, Degen and probably Kuyt and Benayoun to leave but only if we can get better players for the latter two.
If this does happen, I can see number 19th for us come May 2011.
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