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£100m + any money made on player sales this summer and I think Levy has played his part more than enough.
Time will tellbut with gaps in the full back areas, centre back and defensively in midfield and with a nucleus aged 27 and under consisting of Kane, Son, Lucas, Lamela, Dele, Ndombele, Gedson, Lo Celso, Davies, Aurier, Sanchez, Sessegnon, Clarke etc it's pretty clear that after this summer and with many still to his their so called age peak that only tweaks will be necessary for a season or two afterwards.
I'd prefer more than £100m+ transfer fees in to be spent, I just don't think it's realistic with our debt, the vast sums potentially knocking about etc.
What I'd like to see is a top Right Back, a top Centre Back, a top Defensive Midfielder and an able backup striker until Parrott comes through and to see the club offload Vorm and Vertonghen on free transfers, Foyth, Rose, Walker-Peters, Wanyama and Eriksen sold with Skipp, Cirkin and Parrott send out on season long loans for their development. If Aurier is content playing backup/ rotation with another right back signed that's all well and good but if not let him go as well.
If we shifted all those I've highlighted it'll probably generate £50m-£75m. With a further £100m pumped into that and with Eze rumoured to be a goer at let's say £20m, that's £130m-£155m across 4 further signings. £30m-£40m or so a pop. The question is will that be enough?
Time will tellbut with gaps in the full back areas, centre back and defensively in midfield and with a nucleus aged 27 and under consisting of Kane, Son, Lucas, Lamela, Dele, Ndombele, Gedson, Lo Celso, Davies, Aurier, Sanchez, Sessegnon, Clarke etc it's pretty clear that after this summer and with many still to his their so called age peak that only tweaks will be necessary for a season or two afterwards.
I'd prefer more than £100m+ transfer fees in to be spent, I just don't think it's realistic with our debt, the vast sums potentially knocking about etc.
What I'd like to see is a top Right Back, a top Centre Back, a top Defensive Midfielder and an able backup striker until Parrott comes through and to see the club offload Vorm and Vertonghen on free transfers, Foyth, Rose, Walker-Peters, Wanyama and Eriksen sold with Skipp, Cirkin and Parrott send out on season long loans for their development. If Aurier is content playing backup/ rotation with another right back signed that's all well and good but if not let him go as well.
If we shifted all those I've highlighted it'll probably generate £50m-£75m. With a further £100m pumped into that and with Eze rumoured to be a goer at let's say £20m, that's £130m-£155m across 4 further signings. £30m-£40m or so a pop. The question is will that be enough?