With everyone fit, my current 11 would be;
Ryan
Montoya Duffy Dunk Bernardo
Stephens Pröpper
Jahanbakhsh Gross Trossard
Maupay
Subs Button; Webster; Alzate, Mooy, Mac Allister; Connolly, Murray
No places for March, Bissouma or Burn but all three have places in our squad for sure. Lamptey...
Not exactly a hardship, is it.
Good deal for all involved, I would assume Boca will drop us a few quid for the loan, the player stays in a league and environment they know and he's got a year to sort out his work permit. A good deal well done, but does mean we need a central midfielder to come in.
We didn't buy players who could go straight into the team, Mac Allister might never be able to get to us! And the others are just Burn, who is a back up at best and some players to disappear into the u23s - doesn't matter if it was then, or after their loan spells. We had plenty in the squad to...
We didn't sign anyone with the immediate quality of Batshuayi and you're speaking with the benefit of hindsight. At the time, we did not need any signings because we were extremely comfortable in the league. Which perhaps was then demonstrated by the "performances" on the pitch. We were only 2/3...