Probably getting myself unnecessarily excited here, but buying Kostic in the end, shipping out Pellegrini and not replacing him leaves us with an even bigger problem at full back that can only be masked by playing 3-5-2 making us not need to field any, whilst also potentially placing Cuadrado and Kostic in their preferred roles.
Also explains why we are linked with Central strikers who can play as the front man or off the front man as opposed to any wide players.
The guy who can turn this market and this formation into a potential success is SMS, here’s hoping.