This website is like crack so I'm going to just type up something now that Lukaku is out of the picture -
GK: Trubin, Sommer, Di Gennaro
DEF: Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni, De Vrij, Dumfries, Dimarco, Bisseck, Lazaro, Tomiyasu, Carlos Augusto
MID: Hakan, Asllani, Barella, Mkhitaryan, Frattesi, Fabbian, Samardzic/Gravenberch (loan+option)
FOR: Lautaro, Correa, Thuram, Balogun/Mane/Dybala (Dybala if that 20m release clause is real)
*B+U: Rumours/my own suggestions
*Yellow: Confirmed new players/loan returns
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I was all ready to write about how important it would be to land Pavard but then Fabrizio Romano tweeted about City going for him so never mind. Let's desperately hope Darmian and Acerbi can repeat their freak performances last year.
We can do all this with the Onana and Gosens money, I think. The biggest reaches are Samardzic/Gravenberch and Tomiyasu, but I think targets of that type are definitely within reach. I am a Lazaro truther, so just humour me here, at least he offers different characteristics to Dumfries.
I am most worried about the ST position as the forwards market is so poor at the moment, hence me being willing to even pay that Dybala release clause.
Desperate for Correa to be tempted by a Saudi offer but that seems very unlikely, especially as he recently got married. If we got a 10/15m for him, I'd try and go for someone proven who would be happy to play 4th fiddle, like Choupo-Moting or even Beto.
I would argue this team is actually slightly worse than last season, but has better depth and is MUCH younger and therefore has room to grow. Good enough for top 4, but far from certain to win the Scudetto.