Look at the players who are either sold (or left) or where we are trying to find buyers:
Szczesny, De Sciglio, Ruagani, Huijsen, Sandro, Rabiot, Arthur, Barrenechea, Soule, Chiesa, Milik. That would be a strong mid table Serie A team right there. Then you can also add: Caviglia, Kean, Kostic, Kaio Jorge, McKennie, Iling Junior, Djalo, Nonge (transferrable), Frabotta, Facundo Gonzalez. That is a WHOPPING 21 PLAYERS! That is almost a complete squad. Of those, 13 were in our first team squad last year.
So far we have brought in 5 players: Di Gregorio, Cabal, Luiz, Thuram, and Adzic. If we exclude the players that are to be excluded this is our squad so far:
GKs (3): Di Gregorio, Perin, Pinsoglio
DEFs (6): Savona*, Danilo, Bremer, Gatti, Cambiaso, Cabal
MIDs ( 6): Luiz, Thuram, Locatelli, Fagioli, Miretti, Adzic*
FWDs: (3): Weah, Yildiz, Vlahovic
* (Next gen borederline players)
That is a squad of 18 including 2 next gen players. Considering the number of games we need to play this season - we would need a squad of at least 24 players. That means we would need at least 6 new players. Koop and Todibo plus 2 wingers and arguably another full back and reserve striker. There are 25 days until the closure of the mercato and 15 days before our first competitive match. Its been almost 2 weeks since we sold Huijsen and Soule` and we have not made another signing. the pace really needs to pick up - need 1-2 signings per week to be complete by the end of the mercato.