Absolutely nobody apart from Hendo (from starting 11 only not squad).
But as i said....stagnation is real and it affects every team. I'd have thought when we won the league that the majority could still be in the squad 4 years later, but not expected to be starting every game still...
Both statements can be true
They can, but your second statement isn't particularly.
Alisson, Trent, VVD, Robbo, Fab and Mo would surely still be expected to start the vast majority of games from when we won the title to now. Matip isn't expected to start every game. Neither is Bobby. Gini has gone, as has Sadio. When you say majority its a little disingenuous, because sure its still a 'majority' of the starting XI from 2018, but why wouldnt it be? None of them are too old, until this season none of them have particularly dropped off. Man City are no different, still have the core of their team from the same period at the club and starting games (Ederson, Stones, Laporte, Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez). You dont want a team to stagnate, but you also dont rip a successful team apart just for the sake of it. Again, had we flogged any of Alisson, Trent, Virg, Robbo, Fab or Mo there would have been absolute carnage on here. Four of them were in the team of the season last time around, Robbo was still one of the best LBs in the league, Fab was still one of the best DMs in the league. I dont remember any successful team ripping a team apart unless there has been a drop off. And until this season, there hasn't been. I know its ifs....but we were so close to the greatest season a team has ever had last season. There isn't a single sensible person calling for a huge clear-out after that.
There is an awful lot going on at the moment, a bit of a perfect storm of shit. Away from the dreaded midfield we've done very well in 'replacing' our successful team. Kelleher, Konate, Tsimikas, Thiago, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Diaz and Nunez have all come in. Ramsay and Carvalho too. There are a lot of questions about whats happening this season, and none of them can be answered as easily as 'we haven't invested in the squad' because we patently have.
To me, more and more, it actually seems like we've misjudged this season a little with how we've prepared as well as some of the tactics we've started using. Not signing a proper first team CM sure hasn't helped, particularly with the injuries we've had there. But (not aimed at you) its a lot, lot easier to just go with the standard 'fucking FSG again' than actually address anything else.