wee_od_88
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It seems Rodgers has once again talked about his preference for squad size. He wants around 16-17 first team players (not including keepers) and then that should be supplemented by youngsters.
Toure, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Simunovic, Gamboa, Boyata, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Tierney = 9
Bitton, Brown, Sinclair, Armstrong, Mackay-Steven, Rogic, Roberts, McGregor, Forrest = 9
Ciftci, Griffiths, Dembele = 3
Janko, Commons, Allan = 3
That puts our first team squad at 24 for now and that's not including players like O'Connell, Henderson and Christie who all make first team appearances but are still kind of classed as youngsters. Looking ahead to next season we've got Ambrose and Commons with expiring contracts (Izzy is to be given a new one apparently) and Roberts is likely to go back to Man City. That would take us down to 21, so factoring in another maybe 3 additions at least, we need to still offload Janko, Allan, Ciftci, GMS, Boyata and probably either Bitton or McGregor or possibly both by the end of the summer. For now, the main ones to offload are Ambrose, Boyata, Ciftci and Allan. Janko and Commons are obviously on loan so when they return, they'll need to go too. GMS is one that Rodgers won't mind keeping for now but is probably unlikely to stay for long unless he really gets a chance to show what he can do and does an Armstrong. I'd think Rodgers will want another really quick and quality winger to replace Roberts in the summer though.
Toure, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Simunovic, Gamboa, Boyata, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Tierney = 9
Bitton, Brown, Sinclair, Armstrong, Mackay-Steven, Rogic, Roberts, McGregor, Forrest = 9
Ciftci, Griffiths, Dembele = 3
Janko, Commons, Allan = 3
That puts our first team squad at 24 for now and that's not including players like O'Connell, Henderson and Christie who all make first team appearances but are still kind of classed as youngsters. Looking ahead to next season we've got Ambrose and Commons with expiring contracts (Izzy is to be given a new one apparently) and Roberts is likely to go back to Man City. That would take us down to 21, so factoring in another maybe 3 additions at least, we need to still offload Janko, Allan, Ciftci, GMS, Boyata and probably either Bitton or McGregor or possibly both by the end of the summer. For now, the main ones to offload are Ambrose, Boyata, Ciftci and Allan. Janko and Commons are obviously on loan so when they return, they'll need to go too. GMS is one that Rodgers won't mind keeping for now but is probably unlikely to stay for long unless he really gets a chance to show what he can do and does an Armstrong. I'd think Rodgers will want another really quick and quality winger to replace Roberts in the summer though.