Ted Hughes wrote:So where are we up to ?
Current Champions League Squad:
UEFA A LIST, 17 'free places'. 1 Willy 2 Zaba 3 Sagna 4 Kolarov 5 Fernando 6 Fernandinho 7 Yaya 8 Nasri 9 Silva 10 Navas 11 Aguero 12 Bony 13 Dzeko 14 Jovetic 15 Kompany 16 Demichelis 17 Mangala
Homegrown: Hart, Clichy ,(Wright? But surely not ?) two empty homegrown spaces, unles we stupidly pick Wright, 4 empty club trained spaces which will remain empty as nobody qualifies.
Total, 19 (20 with Wright) places used out of a possible 25
UEFA B LIST: Denayer, Lopes & all the academy kids but not including Iheanacho or Unsal who don't yet qualify as 'homegrown' for UEFA purposes & could only be included as part of the 17.
Proposed incoming: Sterling (takes empty homegrown spot) DeBruyne (almost certainly takes Jovetic's spot)
Pogba. Takes which spot ?
If that's the sum total of our business this summer, it still looks like Navas favourite out the door to me rather than Edin or Nasri.
I would add: Khaloon mentioned 'players' leaving, as if a few long termers would go but other than that, we wouldn't actually need to lose Edin or Nasri.
What a fucking squad.
I think navas is definitely the most dispensable, im surprised he hasnt been linked with a move away either. not sure we would get much for him but you never know.
I would keep edin absolutely. If we sign as our targets we dont need a 6th wide man in navas as we will have nasri, silva, sterling, KDB and Pogba as an option to play wide, and then the youngsters coming through, I just dont see where Navas plays.