So with the creeping feeling that we may be in the Championship for a second season, i'm now thinking what a second season squad might look like.
It actually could make for an ok team still, but it features a lot of the deadweight from our PL relegation who are probably on wages too high for where we are and for that reason I still think it will be very different at the end. I have probably unintentionally missed some players off as well.
End of loan / End of contract
Ryan Fraser, Joe Rothwell, David Brooks, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Flynn Downes, Alex McCarthy, Stuart Armstrong, Che Adams.
Last year of contract (expecting all of these to leave)
Kyle Walker-Peters (very likely to leave), Romain Perraud, Lyanco.
Returning from loan with more than a year left (questionable but for now counting them in)
Carlos Alcaraz, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Duje Caleta-Car, Paul Onuachu, Mateusz Lis.
Provisional Championship Squad for 24/25
Goalkeepers
Gavin Bazunu
Joe Lumley
Mateusz Lis
Right Back
James Bree
Left Backs
Ryan Manning
Juan Larios
Centre Backs
Jack Stephens
Jan Bednarek (last year of contract, but still an active part of things)
Duje Caleta-Car
Armel Bella-Kotchap
Midfielders
Shea Charles
Joe Aribo
Will Smallbone
Carlos Alcaraz
Wingers
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Sam Edozie
Sam Amo-Ameyaw
Adam Armstrong (lets be honest hes best here).
Forwards
Ross Stewart
Sekou Mara
Paul Onuachu
Possible Breakthrough Players
Jayden Meghoma
Lewis Payne
Tyler Dibling
Diamond Edwards
Dom Ballard