Zambrotta would be great to have back. I wouldn't care either way about Cannavaro or Thuram returning, but Zambrotta is a player I would make a real effort to go after. This way Grygera and Zebina could come off the bench as either CB or SB and make a nice impact that way. Also, although I strongly prefer Chiellini at LB, it would enable him to be more versatile along the back line as well.
We will not have true depth next year, but we could have some talent and versatilty. Salihamdzic and Grygera and perfect examples of that, and Zambrotta would alow other players to be more flexible as well.
Like I have mentioned before, we need two CB's, two DMF's. and two CF's. Bringing in a SB or SMF would allow certain current player to fill the central positions creating the same impact as signing a central player. Zambrotta and Ribery being examples of this.
Since my last post a few new things have come to light.
Metzelder is signing with Real Madrid, Vanden Borre is signing with Fiorentina, Trezeguet has commited to Juventus and Luca Toni's listed price is around 14M pounds officially.
I think it is crucial to pick up the following players. At least these would be my first choices.
CB: BARZAGLI
SMF: RIBERY
CF: PIZARRO
I think these three players take care of a few needs. After this we should look into a DMF like:
MASCHERANO (LIVERPOOL)
DIARRA (LYON)
MAVUBA (BORDEAUX)
SISSOKO (LIVERPOOL)
From there we still will need another CB, but bringing in Zambrotta would take care of that for sure for the previously mentioned reasons.