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GK
1 - JOE HART (1)
2 - WILLY CABALLERO (13)

Defenders
3 - GAEL CLICHY (22)
4 - NICOLAS OTAMENDI (30)
5 - ALEKSANDAR KOLAROV (11)
6 - VINCENT KOMPANY (4)
7 - ELIAQUIM MANGALA (20)
8 - BACARY SAGNA (3)
9 - PABLO ZABALETA (5)

Midfielders
10 - ILKAY GUNDOGAN (16)
11 - KEVIN DE BRUYNE (17)
12 - LEROY SANE (19)
13 - FABIAN DELPH (18)
14 - FERNANDINHO LUIZ ROZA (25)
15 - FERNANDO REGES (6)
16 - SAMIR NASRI (8)
17 - JESUS NAVAS (15)
18 - DAVID SILVA (21)
19 - RAHEEM STERLING (7)
20 - YAYA TOURE (42)

Strikers
21 - NOLITO (9)
22 - SERGIO AGUERO (10)
23 - WILFRIED BONY (14)
24 - KELECHI IHEANACHO (72)

So we still only have 24 first team squad players without shipping anyone out, so we might not actually get rid of anyone unless the youngsters are going to get a run.

Likely Youngsters to have a chance if the opportunity presents itself

GK
ANGUS GUNN

Defenders
TOSIN ADARABIOYO
PABLO MAFFEO
SHAY FACEY
JOSE ANGEL TASENDE
CAMERON HUMPHREYS
JASON DENAYER

Midfielders
ALEIX GARCIA
DENZEIL BOADU
MANUEL GARCIA
ZINCHENKO

Strikers
LUKAS NMECHA
THIERRY AMBROSE

Makes you wonder if Pep and Txiki think Pellegrini underperformed so severely with the squad last season (we know our chairman thinks so), and/or that the amounts we are being offered for players we may be open to selling is too low. So Pep would rather give them another chance to either improve to stay or to sell at a higher value, because of his stellar reputation with improving players.

I must admit, accepting Kolarov coming back into the team will be a challenge for me if we don't move him in some form.

We have to get rid of at least 1 out of that list, we have one non homegrown too many to comply with PL squad rules.

We might see some deadline day exit. Probably on loan again.

No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

They don't need to be. Been with the club 3 years and/or trained for 2 years and under 21.

PrezIke wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

They don't need to be. Been with the club 3 years and/or trained for 2 years and under 21.

Well then Denayer should be in the youngsters list?

Zuculini is 23

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

PrezIke wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

They don't need to be. Been with the club 3 years and/or trained for 2 years and under 21.

Well then Denayer should be in the youngsters list?

Zuculini is 23

Lists were from the OS.
I will add delayed to the youngsters list.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

PrezIke wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

They don't need to be. Been with the club 3 years and/or trained for 2 years and under 21.

Well then Denayer should be in the youngsters list?

Zuculini is 23

Sorry, I knew that Zuculini was over 21 too. Somehow equated the 3 year rule to him, but Denayer does not need to be on whilst Nacho does.

Maffeo would as well, but he's on there. Yet, does Tosin as he is listed?

Wonderwall wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

PrezIke wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:No Denayer or Zuculini in the lists.

They don't need to be. Been with the club 3 years and/or trained for 2 years and under 21.

Well then Denayer should be in the youngsters list?

Zuculini is 23

Lists were from the OS.
I will add delayed to the youngsters list.

Zinchenko too mate

PrezIke wrote:Makes you wonder if Pep and Txiki think Pellegrini underperformed so severely with the squad last season (we know our chairman thinks so), and/or that the amounts we are being offered for players we may be open to selling is too low. So Pep would rather give them another chance to either improve to stay or to sell at a higher value, because of his stellar reputation with improving players.

I must admit, accepting Kolarov coming back into the team will be a challenge for me if we don't move him in some form.

I think the chairman was most confused by how we could spend 100 million on 2 Elite center backs, only for them to go to shit once they arrived.

We have all the ingredients for an amazing team and I thoroughly expect Pep to show just how much Pellers and the players bottled it over the last 18 months

£100 million? Are you sure?

Scatman wrote:£100 million? Are you sure?

Maths seems off. 42 for Mangala and 28 or something like that (minus negredo's owed cash).

You could say 70, but also helped us rid ourselves Negreo at his highest value.

Scatman wrote:£100 million? Are you sure?

Close enough. Whatever it is we spent a fuckload of money on defenders who were great for other teams then flimsy for us. And they should do much better under a better coach.

bigblue wrote:

Scatman wrote:£100 million? Are you sure?

Close enough. Whatever it is we spent a fuckload of money on defenders who were great for other teams then flimsy for us. And they should do much better under a better coach.

Do you work for the Sun?