Let’s say being optimistic we go all out and get
Forster
Spence
Perisic
Bastoni/Torres
Bissouma
Raphinha
Richarlison
With rumoured outgoings of
Winks
Bergwijn
Reggie
Lo Celso
Ndombele
Rodon
Emerson
CCV
Lucas
Gil
That leaves the squad looking like this
GK - Lloris, Forster, Austin
CB - Torres/Bastoni, Romero, Dier, Davies, Sanchez, Tanganga
WB - Spence, Doc, Perisic, Sess
CM - Bissouma, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Skipp
FW - Kane, Son, Kulu, Raphinha, Richarlison
There’s a lot of quality there, but that’s only 22 players, with 3 of them being keepers. That’s extremely light going into a potentially 55+ game season. I know it’s been reported that Conte is happy with only having the 4 centre mids, which is partly why we ain’t going after Eriksen, but one injury to any of the 4, which will inevitably happen, and your suddenly rotating 3 players for 2 positions while playing 3 games a week sometime.
For me, signing Eriksen solves a lot of potential headaches with his versatility.