My rebuild for my club this summer.
New Coach: It is highly likely Marco Rose will take over next season as Borussia Dortmund manager. Other names aren't even being discussed in the press anymore because it's viewed as a done deal.
Departures:
- Sure things to leave: Lukasz Piszczek, Mo Dahoud
- Likely gone: Marwin Hitz, Felix Passlack, Marcel Schmelzer, Nico Schulz, Jadon Sancho, Reinier
- Maybe: Roman Buerki, Manuel Akanji, Thomas Delaney, Tobias Raschl
- Wishful thinking: Thomas Meunier, Marco Reus
I think we can make about 175M in total from the departures. Most of that will be from Sancho, but Dahoud will have some sale value, and if we sell Buerki, Akanji, Delaney, I think we'll get some money for them.
Team Needs: GK (someone whose good) RB (younger, cheaper RB whose not requiring a starting role right away), CB (an older CB who can defend), LB (defensive alternative to Guerreiro), winger (will stay wide, add pace to the team)
Potential Transfer Targets GK (Peter Gulasci, Bart Dragowski, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Koen Casteels), RB (Brandon Soppy, Julian Araujo, Tomas Esteves, Tomas Tavares), CB (Marvin Friedrich, John Brooks, Antonio Rudiger, Martin Hinteregger, Jannik Vestergaard), LB (Ramy Bensabaini, Borna Sosa, Christian Gunter, Adrien Truffert), Winger (Moussa Diaby, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Nicolas Gonzalez, Javairo Dilrosun, Jonathan Bamba, Reiss Nelson, Jayden Braaf)
Caveat: If we were to splash on a signing, go buy Edmond Tapsoba. Best player in football that fans still that the average fan doesn't know about.
Total Spend: I think spending between 100M-150M is very realistic, especially considering the money we'll have coming in from transfers. Gotta keep the net spend zero or below, but we should have some significant money to spend.
Promoted From Academy: Ansgar Knauff (full-time promotion), Nnamdi Collins (CB), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens(Winger)
Other possibilities for promotion: Dennis Luetke-Frie, Bradley Fink, Lion Semic (might be a season too early), Samuel Bamba (might be a season too early)
Outlook: We're going to have probably the best goal-scorer in world football next season. If we cannot field a team that can contend for trophies next season, there needs to be a total cleaning of house with the whole management staff. They get one more year, and then it's on them.
I think we should improve though with a quality coach who plays football that fits the team personnel. The defense has some good players (Guerreiro, Hummels, Zagadou), but we always seem to get the balance wrong. Continue shoring up at the back, and having a keeper who can win us some games will help. The offense will score, but needs to be a little more balanced in the roles of the players. This season hasn't worked well because we've only real winger due to Hazard missing nearly the whole season.
