With how things currently stand, including the squads of our rivals, I would expect us to still land within the top four. If United end up signing Vidal, Di Maria and whoever else, then the ball would be in our court - we would need to ensure that we remain stronger than them throughout. Currently, we are the stronger team.
Our best current XI imo:
Mignolet
Enrique
Sakho
Lovren
Flanagan
Gerrard
Henderson
Coutinho
Lallana
Sterling
Sturridge
I feel that given Adam's age and experience of the league, it's only fair to assume that he will probably be more ready for the PL campaign than Markovic. Same applies to Emre Can. I've put a dash through the area's of which I feel could do with improving however.
I feel that Lallana could compete and rotate with Coutinho in the CAM role. Of course Sterling can play there in a 4-4-2 diamond, but I very much doubt we'll revert back to that formation now Suarez has gone. The two fullback positions are, in my opinion, a real cause for concern. Jon Flanagan is our best fullback, and he is still pretty much a flawed defender. He'll come good, but there is no doubt we can improve on him. I genuinely feel three players is all we need now - Moreno, Rojo or Rodriguez for LB, someone else (don't know who) for RB, and a quality player like Reus for that forward position.
There is no doubt that our 13/14 XI is stronger than this season's XI:
Mignolet
Flanagan
Sakho
Skrtel
Johnson
Gerrard
Henderson
Coutinho
Sterling
Suarez
Sturridge
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