It would be great to make Sima deal permanent but I doubt it sadly. More realistic is another 6 months to a year with option on Cortes
I would like to see Hagi given another chance, yes he lacks pace but he gives us a creativity that we badly lack and he used to have a lot of goal involvements for us with many intricate balls against tight defences
Hard to know how Danilo will be after injury, so we need to replace Dessers and Roofe with two players rather than one.
If Roofe, Dessers, Lammers, Wright and Matondo leave plus we lose Silva and Sima then it frees up 7 players wages
That leaves Cantwell, Lawrence, Dowell and Hagi as attacking midfield options. I don't want to see any of them play central midfield. Out wide or behind striker only for me.
I don't think any have the required workrate and I'm also not sure Lawrence and Dowell suit the system we play, if they can't be used in wide areas, we should look to move them on too
Cortes, Danilo, McCausland and maybe Lowry would be all that was left in fwd areas
We would definitely need 3 or 4 strikers/wide men to strengthen
Given the need for homegrown players and a striker, we really should try to sign Shankland