so our current squad, i'd say there are 10 places which are nailed down.
standard back 5
4 from tielmans, luiz, kamara, mcginn & ramsey
watkins & TBD
then 1 space left for another forward player out of buendia, coutinho, bailey, and traore. i think even coutinho's harshest critics would still put him above bailey and traore which means he's battling with buenda for the remaining place in the 11. based on that, i'm quite surprised people want him gone so badly because we don't exactly have an abundance of options in the wide/number 10 role
now, if we sign a couple of quality forward options, then my view might change. but as things stand, we need coutinho.