Just looking at our squad?

Isak, Gordon, Tonali, Bruno, Big Joe, Botman (assuming he is as good as ever, and medical science has been all over ACL?s since Shearer did his back in his first season at Blackburn? so why wouldn?t he be), Tino and Hall.

8 players who would walk into most teams and compete to get in the rest if they didn?t.

What a solid bunch of players to build a dynasty around.

Not taking away from Burn and Schar, but their careers are in the final stages if we are honest with ourselves, so aren?t the future but have a season or 2 left in them still.

Pope and Dubs, and as much as I know some people will very rightly argue against but Murphy too, are in positons we need to consider a new first choice player for if we are going to have a team that can regularly compete for CL spots.

I get that Murphy is doing the business this season, but I cannot get over his lack of challenges/tackling or his apparent unwillingness to take players on? but that is just my opinion.

We have the makings of a team that can compete for CL and both domestic cups, we just need to bring in a few players to strengthen the first 11 in the summer and leave us with a bench full of options? like the teams who regularly compete for the CL spots have.