Bentenke comes across as a good guy, but I get the feeling he just wants to stay in London building his business empire and is not quite so focused on his football (hence why I think he's rejected moves elsewhere). If he accepts a wage that reflects his contribution then a year's extension seems like a reasonable idea.

Sakho is never fit and when he is he seems to take at least 4 games to be match ready again, by which point he gets injured. He'll go back to France I reckon.

PvA has previously said he wanted to go back to the Netherlands, so I think he'll go whether we want to keep him or not. If he wanted to stay I'd be fine with that while Mitchell improves.

Wickham has to go. It is embarrassing for him now.

Get rid of McCarthy. He rarely stays fit and at his age that is unlikely to change. We need more youth and pace in the middle.

Hennessey might as well leave. Butland is younger.

If signed Gallagher from Chelsea, Lookman or Sarr, a new centre-back who's a bit quicker, and maybe Maja, then I think we could have a chance of breaking the top 10 next season with or without Roy.

I've noticed that we are not the only club who seem insistent on having an experienced (usually meaning old rather than good) third choice keeper. People like Lee Grant and Robert Green at Man U and Chelsea come to mind. It seems the role suits a bloke who has been a professional footballer all his life, realises he won't be first choice where he is, and so doesn't mind being back up somewhere glamourous. It's a sort of early retirement but you still go to work a bit. I presume Henderson is pretty cheap and a decent character, and that he sees his career the same way those others did.

I actually don't think it's right or fair to put a youth team keeper as third choice. Either the young goalie is good enough or he isn't. If he's good enough then he should be trying to play somewhere, not getting log-jammed in our pecking order. If he's not good enough, then we are misleading him by offering him a professional contract, stealing his formative years in the world of real work somewhere else.

Is Ferguson even back in training? It would be fantastic if he could get some game time under his belt and a full pre season.

But given the issues seen it would be madness not to keep both Ward and Clyne. Both are solid Prem defenders.
I think Mitchell will be first choice LB next year, but still needs to improve many aspects of his game. He is young enough to do so. I would be nervous if our only back-up was Ward / Schlup

I think most will stay
to leave I think will be

Batshuyai , on loan send him back
PVA and Zaha be a shame but both want to leave
Sakho like him as a player but never fit
Wickham as above
I also think Townsend may well return to Newcastle

Yes, my apologies and yes, Clyne is on 87,690 a week

“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

I have not seen Hannam plough his furrow but I have heard positive reports about him.
I understand he was at the W.Ham Academy before he joined us.