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If we sell the players who Poch doesn't seem to be playing much (Capoue, Paulhino, Dembele - and possibly Stambouli) we are left with Mason, Bentaleb plus returning off loan Alli and Carroll.
Its reasonable to assume that in their second real PL season that there will be improvement in Mason and Bentaleb - - and possibly Carroll, with the risk that Alli will take a little time to adjust to the PL.. And in addition we have Winks and Onomah coming through.
Its pretty clear that the team as a whole is short of 'leaders' so there is certainly a logic in bringing in a more experienced player as a CM - but whether Schneiderlin is the man its not clear at £25m, prefer to bring in one or two AM's to help ball retention and goal scoring or one or two better CM's to reduce the leaking goals might be better use of funds..
If there is a good mdfield player who we could take on loan for a year I'd prefer that - bringing Bentaleb, Mason, Alli and the rest up a level whilst using bigger moey to reinforce the team sounds a better option. I'd love Carrick or Cabaye on a season loan (or even 2 years) if available.
Its reasonable to assume that in their second real PL season that there will be improvement in Mason and Bentaleb - - and possibly Carroll, with the risk that Alli will take a little time to adjust to the PL.. And in addition we have Winks and Onomah coming through.
Its pretty clear that the team as a whole is short of 'leaders' so there is certainly a logic in bringing in a more experienced player as a CM - but whether Schneiderlin is the man its not clear at £25m, prefer to bring in one or two AM's to help ball retention and goal scoring or one or two better CM's to reduce the leaking goals might be better use of funds..
If there is a good mdfield player who we could take on loan for a year I'd prefer that - bringing Bentaleb, Mason, Alli and the rest up a level whilst using bigger moey to reinforce the team sounds a better option. I'd love Carrick or Cabaye on a season loan (or even 2 years) if available.