I also wouldn’t sacrifice a starter for him, just think that there are more ways possible to sign a player with similar deals like McKennie or Morata.
Id understand if we sacrificed Costa, the others are not for sale indeed. Still have a fantasy that we keep Costa and buy Chiesa. Release Khedira, loan/sell or whatever De Sciglio to compensate Chiesa’s wages. Sounds to good to be true, I know.
just scrolled through my twitter feed and saw some "news" about a loan + obligation formula, no price mentioned so far. we'll see.
as for the squad itself, the 17+4+4 rule should always be respected. this is the current state, with the cl squad speculated obviously:
so we still have a couple of places to fill for the league, and some surplus on the uefa list. should chiesa arrive without anyone else leaving, we should remove an other player from the cl list to make room for chiesa. who that would be? for me it's mds, but it's a tough call for a coach, even if it's for the group stage only, and the list could be adjusted before the knockouts