well IMO you want one or two a year minimum just to stop the rot.
Elliott after the CL. minamino in the january thats an awful two windows irrespective of what we think of the young lad.
Jota, Tsimikas - pretty good summer. Thaigo as an ould fella is only ever stop gap but its 3 lads in.
konate- not bad at all. but only one person in.
the rot is not only players going over the hill like milner its players like shaqiri, origi and minamino that not one single fan anywhere can deny are never good enough to challenge for anything but a comfy seat on a bench when they are bothered.
I don't mind backing some young players and then seeing where they end up. Ward -12mil. Solanke 19mil etc.. Williams and williams could be worth 20mil between them. but there has to be competition.
right now fabinho has zero competition. he doesn't look the same player imo
Henderson is over the top
Keita has failed
Ox is ridiculous.
milner is player coach territory in the u23s (theres a few like him out there now, I'd make him u23 manager/player)
Firmino is imo headed over the top of the hill as well and down the other side.
Its not who left imo but who stayed thats hurting the performances
I can see half a team in 2024 that I think would be good, but theres a lot of work to do. minimum 3 buys this summer, minimum. I'd sell more to get 4 or 5 in if i had the choice.