I mean, I get that we haven’t checked every box on the TWF wishlist, but Lima, Rodrigo, and Larsen aren’t nobodies.
Larsen derinitely improves our options up front. And until he is moved on, Guedes is also another option there as we saw in pre-season.
Rodrigo I guess replaces Neto in terms of numbers, but he generally plays on the opposite side. We still need a natural right winger. I don't think Sarabia is that as he's too slow. Wissa would be good but we probably won't pay what Brentford want unless it gets very late in the window. It's a shame Enzo got injured as he would have been at least an option off the bench.
Lima gives us another option at RB but in terms of squad numbers he's just an extra, as we already had two players in that position (no matter what you think of Doherty), and I don't think he'll be thrown in this early. It would have been better if Lima was a LB honestly with Hugo Bueno going out.
We have 4 CBs but we still need another as we'll likely play 3 atb at times, and one CB on the bench isn't enough for those situations. Plus we need to plan for Dawson finishing. It's worrying how long it's taking to sort a suitable player. The young French guy will be one for the future if that gets over the line eventually.
I don't think we'll buy another GK now unless we get a silly offer for Sa from the Saudis.
Definitely need for first team - CB, RW
Could do with for succession planning - GK, LB, FW, maybe another tricky AM in the No.10 role to backup Cunha. It'd be nice if Bellegarde could step up to the role in that regard as he's kind of a nothing player at the minute.
We're a bit top heavy in left-sided and central attackers tbh, which is one area we need to trim the squad. Silva will obviously leave asap.