The only player around who can get close to replacing Ginny is Anderson at Forest.
Sadly, it’s inevitable he’ll get hoovered up by Man City if Forest go down.
He might, he'll certainly go to a top team. But if we're in the Champions League, then we're potentially in the mix. Would probably take our entire summer war chest to get him though, and right now midfield is the least of our worries (when everyone is fit).
Given the ages in the squad, this summer we probably need to be looking for a centre-half (Mings replacement), a right back back up (Garcia doesn't seem to have convinced), a wide/creative player (Buendia/Bailey replacement) a centre-forward (Ollie replacement/competition). Get those in, and the right side of 25, and the squad will look a lot healthier.
It would also mean we can keep a few of the better/older heads in the squad for another year or two, without making wholesale changes when their time eventually comes.
If we don't start the process this summer, then the idea of having to get rid of Emi M, Mings, Lindelof, SJM, Digne, Watkins, Barkley, Emi B - all in one summer (of 2027) when they're all easily the wrong side of 30, would be a BIG task - so we need to start bringing the squad ages down THIS summer, and making sure our first choice players don't all 'age out' at the same time.
