I don't think any new signings will start the 1st few games unless we get trounced which could happen actually. Brutal start for nufc.
Livramento is supposedly exceptional. Again, I don’t quite see how a right back is a priority given Trippier and signing Ashby.
He can play right back and cb so it covers both areas nicely. If trippier got injured we'd be in trouble and the last thing we need is Bungle getting games at cb. Left back will come .... the order doesn't really matter.
So, Harvey Barnes, Livramento & Tonali is the business this window. If we sign Livramento, who can cover CB, we could feasibly sell Lascelles too and earn another 10m or so. Might loosen up a bit of FFP for us to sign a LB.
If we go 50p over the FFP limit we will have every club in the UK after our guts we have a target the size of Texas on our backs
To my mind left back is the glaring weakness, hard as that sounds. There's Burn and Targett, who are both decent defenders, but we're wanting Champions League standard players in as many positions as possible. I expect a defender incoming in this window.
If we sold Lascelles for £10m, it'd free up the funds to buy Harvey Barnes again @ £38m and £100k a week over 5 years.