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I'd rip that defence up if it was up to me.If we are only after 4 players I think that would actually be achievable. But a lot of factors at play.
I guess the super optimistic view is that the Paratici ban is limited to Italy, Conte comes back from surgery with a positive outlook and signs a contract, which in turn gets Kane to extend for 2 years minimum. Everton get relegated so we manage to take Pickford for a reasonable fee. We pay big money for a beast CCB and do a creative loan with obligation for a good LCB. Davies retires and we sign Lenglet as LCB backup on a cut price deal. Danjuma has been a success and we effectively swap him for Lo Celso. And after 6 months of further turmoil, Zaniolo falls into our lap.
Flip side is Paratici gets a full 30 month ban, Conte walks in Summer and Kane is sold for c. £50m. We might assume it would be Poch coming in, then it's an absolute craps shoot in terms of which players get second changes and how we would line up. That would be apocalypse time, although I bet we would have a fun season!
As you imply with your last sentence, I think a revolutionary window is going to be a bit of a pipe dream - at least when there are uncertainties around. The January market is a different animal to Summer, but money talks and we surely have it now. We have missed at least one trigger pull last month, and if Levy is still being gun shy come Summer I can't see how we get what we need done.
Or Gil develops into the next Messi under Poch and we all fap ourselves to death. Could happen.
I think Dier has 18 months left so I'd be looking to sell along with Sanchez and Tanganga. I'd keep Lenglet as a back up and buy a really top CCB and a younger one aswell .
I just hope they're trying to do these deals now and they should probably looking at the likes of N'dicka on a free