If we could get fees for Ox/Keita (contracts), Minamino, Origi and, dare I say it given contract situation, Firmino or Mane, we'll be looking at a decent little kitty before we take it into account a hopefully very successful year in terms of income from on and off pitch stuff. And I'm sure there was some money to spend from this summer which we haven't spent. If 5 or 6 first team players do leave we'll need a couple of new midfielders, not least with the increasing age of Thiago and Henderson and at least one new forward. But signing 3 players in the 21-25 bracket, with 2 new 8s (perhaps one of them flexible enough to play as a wide forward for us too), and a new central forward will leave us in a very healthy position in terms of the age profile of the squad. What I don't think we can afford to do is carry too many players to the end of their contracts ala Gini. Given how we work the transfer market and how our model works, at some point we need to bring in some fees to enable the squad's evolution. And I don't think any of us think we should do that by flogging Salah/Van Dijk/Allison/Trent (our 4 most lucrative assets you'd have thought) for some £100 million plus fee.
