by stmichael » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:39 pm
I actually think we have too many midfielders.
Gerrard
Alonso
Mascherano
Kewell
Pennant
Sissoko
Leiva
Leto
Add to this lot Babel (wide midfielder cum striker)
Add possibly another top notch winger (Quaresma/Mancini/Simao)
If we assume Leto won't really get a look in just yet (possibly a faulty assumption, but that's how I see it) I still don't see how on earth we're going to accommodate all of our players, even taking the potential new arrivals such as Babel/Quaresma out of the equation.
I think we may have made an error by not selling Sissoko (unless we are hedging our bets with Mascherano's long term being undecided). Not that I've got it in for Sissoko, but £10M in the coffers might turn out to have been an opportunity missed if he value diminished and his development stalls due to not playing nearly enough (this might easily be applied to one or two other midfielders we have, just in case anybody thinks I'm singling out Big Mo).
Perhaps in January we might see one or even two shipped out, giving Rafa time to look at how the newbies settle.