With Dest, Thiaw, Kalulu, Florenzi(when he returns) we technically have sufficient cover for both fullback positions. Fode Ballo Toure becomes redundant.
Same theory applied to the midfield where we have Pobega Krunic and Vranckx as cover. Bakayoko to the chopping block.
That way at least our serie a squad makes sense.
List A: 17 foreigners (Giroud, Origi, Leao, Rebic, Saele, Messias, Adli, Brahim, Krunic, Bennacer, Theo, Tomori, Kjaer, Kalulu, Maignan, Tata, Dest) 3 homegrown (Calabria, Gabbia, Pobega,)
3 league grown (Tonali, Florenzi, Mirante)
List B: U21 players (CDK, Thiaw, Vranckx)
The CL squad will probably look a little messy.
List A: 17 foreigners(Maignan, Theo, Tomori, Kalulu, Bennacer, CDK, Leao, Giroud, Messias, Rebic, Origi, Saele, Adli, Brahim, Krunic, Kjaer, Dest) 3 homegrown (Calabria, Pobega, Gabbia)
3 league grown (Tonali, Mirante, Florenzi).
Left out: Thiaw, Tata, Vranckx.
We’ll see in 2 days when they release the squad, but my guess is they would exclude Thiaw, Tata, Vranckx, Toure and Bakayoko. This is one of the biggest squads we’ve seen from MM.