Claudius wrote:
MD, we cannot afford to completely start again with a bunch of 'kids'. We need a mix. I would love to go into next season with something like Ozil, Aubameyang, and then maybe 2-3 other super quality 20-25 year old players to add to our mix. That would be a good start.
Turning over the squad with just kids would leave an experience vaccuum. Which exists even today. Look at our team. With Sanchez out the door, we really only have Ozil, Koscielny, Monreal and Cech as veteran quality winners on the squad. Maybe you count Ramsey as well. All of those guys could be gone within 18 months due to age or contract. The rest are some combination of invalid, young, new, or shit.
sure, you definitely cant have an entire starting XI of 20-22 year olds. that said, i think you have room for experience, especially at the back. buy sokratis from dortmund (who we were linked to a year or two ago)...hes 29. he could stabilize our CB partnership and might help mustafi pull his head out of his ass. a player like fabinho is only 24, but he's played 200 games for monaco, he could come in and lead our midfield and that wouldnt be too much of an expectation for him.
i take the point about auba being proven and a reliable goal scorer. fine. sign him. but just buying him isnt going to fix even 1/4 of the problems we have. he might get us 4 or 5 more points in a season. we have so many areas to fix. if hes going to cost £45 or 50m pounds, given that hes probably got 3 seasons left, then we better damn well be ready to spend £200m+ this summer to overhaul the rest of the squad.
