Goalkeeper: I'd sell Mignolet and Bogdan, but keep Ward. Mignolet is good enough to be a backup, but why keep him as a back up if you have Ward who is home grown and on much smaller wages?
Right Back: Clyne is good enough to be the first choice right back going forward. He'd be helped massively if he had some competent attacking players ahead of him. He's played a stupid number of games this season. Flanagan is good enough to be the second choice right back. No need to go and spend in this position, we've got far greater concerns.
Left Back: Moreno is good enough to be the first choice left back. Like Clyne, he'd be helped massively if he had a competent attack ahead of him and if he wasn't our main attacking threat. He's also played a ridiculous number of games this season. Smith, I'm not sure about. He might be good enough, but we've not seen enough of him. For now though, spending any money on full backs would be f**king ridiculous unless it's someone like that lad Chilwell from Leicester for a couple of million quid.
Centre Back: I'd bin Skrtel and Toure immediately. I'd keep Sakho, Lovren, and Gomez. I'd try and get that Matip lad in on a free. Centre back is another area where I really don't want us to spend money on because I think our concerns are elsewhere (goalkeeper and in the final third).
Centre Midfield: Milner would be the first out the door for me. He's sh*te. Genuine sh*te. I'd sell Allen too. I'd go into next season with Henderson, a new signing, Can, Grujic, Rossiter, Brannagan, and Lucas as our midfield options. Henderson is the only midfielder we currently have that is good enough to play every week for us at the moment and even he might be broken. If he's broken, then we're oging to have to spend another 30 million quid at least to replace him (and even then, his replacement might not work out).
Attacking Midfield/Winger: I think Coutinho is at the moment the only player that I'd definitely want to play when fit for us in these positions. We need pace and goalscorers. It's why Alex Teixeira looked so perfect for us. Firmino looks like he could be a very good squad option. I'd keep Ibe and bring back Markovic. I'd consider selling Lallana if we got decent money for him. I'm a Lallana lover, but with Markovic, Ibe, Coutinho, and Firmino, and us arguably needing two more wide attacking players, I think keeping him may be overkill. I'd move him on. I'd bring in one or two wide players who have pace and score goals. Who these players are, I don't know. Bringing in two should cover the eventuality that one flops or one ends up injured the entire season.
Striker: I'd keep Sturridge, Origi, and Ings. I'd sell Benteke because I think we'd get decent money for him and it's clear that he'll never work for us. I'd invest that money in the best striker we can possibly get that is mobile and has a bit of pace.
In short I'd sell: Mignolet, Bogdan, Toure, Skrtel, Ilori, Allen, Milner, Lallana, Benteke, Balotelli, Wisdom, Enrique and Alberto. We'd probably get good money for Lallana, Benteke, and Allen. I'd try and sign a goalkeeper, that Matip lad or another lad on a free to come in at centre back, a centre midfielder, two wide players, and a striker. Six signings might be a bit excessive, however, so maybe only buy one wide lad and take a chance on Ojo, Kent, or Wilson as being good enough to be the sixth. If we ended up signing Ter Stegen, Matip, a good midfielder, Teixeira, and Hernandez, I'd be happy with our summer business and think we'd have enough to really have a good go at the title next season.
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