Precisely. And every chance Philogene goes to the PL too. You're right though, players on short term deals/out of contract are just as in need of replacement as the four loanees in our Starting XI.
Contract wise we're in as strong of a position as we've been in years.
2024: Christie, Connolly, Docherty, Sharp, Traore
2025: Allsop, Lokilo, Seri, Sinik, Tufan
2026: Coyle, Greaves, Jones, McLoughlin, Philogene, Slater
2027: Pandur
Of those expiring I think we'll extended Connolly and be happy to move the rest on. Then the real spine of the team (bar loans and Seri) are on multi year deals.