Not sure why you don’t agree perhaps you could elaborate. Rak-Sakyi or Olise for Ayew, Edouard, Mateta or Plange for Benteke, Eze or Edouard for Schlupp. Not sure where the loss of balance or experience is here and these players are all good enough (Rak-Sakyi, Plange of course still unproven at this level). The other players are young but they are not without PL experience. As others have mentioned elsewhere if you get a decent full back on the right you do not need Ayew to help out as much as he currently has to and Olise offers so much more going forwards and can score goals which is what forwards are primarily there for.

We know we need new midfielders and Kelly/Clyne are superfluous other than as emergency cover. Milivojevic is past it and Ward should ultimately be held onto only as cover for a new right back. I agree you need experience but I also think you should move players on whilst they still have some value. I would maybe keep Ayew but the rest can go in my opinion and be improved upon by new signings. There is adequate experience in the rest of the team.

Of the 6 you are proposing to sell, I believe 4 (Ayew, Kelly, Clyne and Schlupp) are out of contract this summer so can simply be allowed to leave, although I can see the club keeping both Schlupp and Ayew. As to the other 2 you mentioned, we need to find someone who wants them and are prepared to pay the kind of wages we are paying. Quite frankly, I would be surprised if there'll be any takers for either Benteke or Milivojevic and so we will probably have them until their contracts expire next summer (2023).

But can such clubs afford the wages?

But he isn't in the first team

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We're a graveyard for strikers, we should revert to Roy's 4222 and have wilf plus 1 up top,

Mateta is by far the best CF, and he is only average, Edouard doesn't have a clue how to play CF, he may have been alright against the crap up in Scotland but he looks clueless now

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn