Here is another alternative
Hjulmand as a cheaper 6 option than Tonali
If Rogers is our main man why not a cheap Leao to challenge him
I could get behind Cala LCB and buying Lewis Hall for the LB in this type of set-up
Someone said it was no point in doing these transfer squads without Odegaard/Havertz starting so here is one where they start
CF mix of connector, runner and technical
Midfield with a mix of physique, control and attacking bite, option to play Eze/Rogers wide
Flanks with speed
@Nellywit Calafiori Rice Timber behind the 8s, creative enough for me. Eze is creative. Odegaard is creative. The point of this midfield is that everyone can play, not just Rice Eze Rogers.
It’s not like Tonali or Anderson or Bouaddi are more creative than this midfield
This looks more and more like my fav squad
Inverting FBs with tricky/fast wingers & two attacking 8s
CF: Kroupi
LW: Leao or Barcola
8: Rogers
RB: Livramento or Pallestra
CB: Lacroix
With this we can go like this, but also with Inverted wingers, db pivot & attacking FBs
Elite
@GoonerAbhijit People are too hard on Madueke, he has attributes that can be more dangerous than Sakas. They aren’t on the same footballing level but he has been an important rotation option & will probably continue to be that. Dowman can also explode next season and that should even worry Saka
This also look very interesting
Rogers 90, Kroupi 80, Barcola 70, Livramento 55, Lacroix 35
We then need a big sale, and my conclusion was Havertz to Bundesliga or La Liga
Who can stop this attack really? Even more scary when Kroupi gets into this XI
@SuperMikArt1 I only did that to show the new signings where they would play, there’s no way in my book Timber will be 2nd choice. But we have to make him overlap. Can’t be taking Sakas natural position
I’ve seen the light
I worry about having non physical speedsters out wide with how our opponents line up
What if we had overlapping fullbacks instead? Brown/Livramento for 100m, thats the flanks sorted
Then we can have an inverter like Rogers and Alvarez/Eze can be the roamers
@harshilkachhawa If Alvarez doesn’t happen I want Rogers 10 and Yildiz LW, MLS can maybe fill in for Rice instead but I’m beginning to feel Odegaard or Zubi are losing their place in this team
I could also do Yildiz + Alvarez or Yildiz + Rogers in this system
We could also do Eze/Odegaard at 10 and go big at CM instead of a SS signing
But attacking overlapping fullbacks with a double pivot and inverted wingers is the way I think we could evolve
@Seth_ErdeneMkII Those who believe we would have played like that if we didn’t score after 5 minutes are deluded. We just leant into what we do so good after we had something to hold on to
@Oye440 Get Rogers so we have a real position for one attacking midfielder/SS and let them battle it out, both can fill in at LW for minutes. Get Odegaard out of the conversation for that position.
But he can’t be our CF playing like that, must be at SS in that case, and that spells the end for Odegaard cause there’s no way he plays double pivot behind a small SS like that. Alvarez in, Odegaard out. Buy Tonali. Or else no
@bisatz Rice, Gabriel, Raya, Saliba are all more the face of this team than both Saka and captain Odegaard, that’s a sad state of affairs for them. I genuinely hope Saka can get back to levels next season
@DaRealDonreal Loan out Mosquera? Arguably our 5th best defender this season, but sure, Timber needs rotation och him + Mosquera could cover CB with Salmon shadowing them all. White is done at this level, cash in while we can