- Aug 29, 2011
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Assuming we sign Soldado (or any established striker), we will have 29 players over the age of 21 next season. We need to reduce this to 25. With 14 home-grown players, we are still fine on that front.
1. Lloris
2. Friedel
3. Gomes
4. Kaboul
5. Vertonghen
6. Dawson (HG)
7. Caulker (HG)
8. Walker (HG)
9. Naughton (HG)
10. Smith (HG)
11. BAE
12. Rose (HG)
13. Sandro
14. Dembele
15. Paulinho
16. Holtby
17. Sigurdsson (HG)
18. Huddlestone (HG)
19. Parker (HG)
20. Livermore (HG)
21. Lennon (HG)
22. Townsend (HG)
23. Bale (HG)
24. Soldado
25. Adebayor
26. Defoe (HG)
27. Chadli
28. Falque
29. Dempsey
You feel Gomes will definitely be leaving: 28
Then either Naughton is sold or Smith is loaned out: 27
McCarthy could be brought in, seeing Hudd, Parker and Livermore sold: 25
I expect either Dempsey to be sold, or Falque loaned out: 24
Any other players sold would have a like-for-like replacement.
24 is a large enough squad, with room to buy a player/bring a player back from loan in the January window.
1. Lloris
2. Friedel
3. Gomes
4. Kaboul
5. Vertonghen
6. Dawson (HG)
7. Caulker (HG)
8. Walker (HG)
9. Naughton (HG)
10. Smith (HG)
11. BAE
12. Rose (HG)
13. Sandro
14. Dembele
15. Paulinho
16. Holtby
17. Sigurdsson (HG)
18. Huddlestone (HG)
19. Parker (HG)
20. Livermore (HG)
21. Lennon (HG)
22. Townsend (HG)
23. Bale (HG)
24. Soldado
25. Adebayor
26. Defoe (HG)
27. Chadli
28. Falque
29. Dempsey
You feel Gomes will definitely be leaving: 28
Then either Naughton is sold or Smith is loaned out: 27
McCarthy could be brought in, seeing Hudd, Parker and Livermore sold: 25
I expect either Dempsey to be sold, or Falque loaned out: 24
Any other players sold would have a like-for-like replacement.
24 is a large enough squad, with room to buy a player/bring a player back from loan in the January window.