In the upcoming summer transfer window, teams all over the world will look at their squads and re-assess ahead of the 2019/2020 season.
In the Premier League, like any other division, some will decide to heavily invest and others will opt to sell, sell, sell – most will do a bit of both.
At the majority of clubs, certain stars must be sold after the end of the season for various reasons such as their quality, their attitudes, the way they fit, or don’t fit rather, into the side and others.
In light of this, today we look at 25 Premier League players who we want to see on the move this summer…
Dominic Solanke – AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth made a very expensive mistake when they signed Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke for a fee of almost £20 million during the January transfer window.
The Cherries thought they were getting one of England’s finest young attacking talents and a player with the potential to become the greatest-ever forward to put on the Three Lions shirt. In fact, they got a 21-year-old who’s already suffered two significant injuries in his short career thus far.
It’s hard to see Solanke becoming the consistent centre-forward AFC were after, given his injury-prone nature, without even touching on his tame form since his move to the south coast. The club must cash in this summer while they can get their money back – Jurgen Klopp’s Reds knew something was up to let him go in the first place, after all.
Adam Lallana – Liverpool
Adam Lallana is undoubtedly the forgotten man in what has been another brilliant season for the Red Half of Merseyside under the leadership of Klopp.
The attacking midfielder has appeared just 16 times in all competitions and played no part whatsoever in Liverpool’s Premier League title and UEFA Champions League challenges, contributing zero goals and zero assists.
Lallana is not getting any younger at 30 and the Reds, without doubt, need a better back-up option behind their deadly front three. With his contract up in a year, this summer may just present the final chance for the Anfield club to get any kind of fee for the former England international.
Simon Mignolet – Liverpool
The fact that Simon Mignolet is still the primary second-choice goalkeeper of Liverpool is astonishing and one that should change this summer, with his sale.
Should Alisson get injured as it stands, the Belgian veteran would be the number one at Anfield for a period of time and the Merseysiders would be back to square one in terms of their goalkeeping crises’ of years gone by.
Mignolet is only 31 and as a goalkeeper, is set for a career that will last at least another half-a-decade or so, therefore there are still plenty of clubs out there that would take him, making Klopp’s side a penny or two in the process.
Vincent Janssen – Tottenham Hotspur
The fact that most Tottenham Hotspur fans won’t remember Dutch frontman Vincent Janssen still plies his trade for their club is sure sign that he needs to go in the summer.
The 24-year-old only has a year left on his contract and hasn’t impressed during his time in north London to date, plagued by poor form, injuries and non-selection.
It’s time for Mauricio Pochettino to give up on his £19.98 million experiment and hope that the move doesn’t backfire as the player still has the prime years ahead of him. It’s a gamble for the Lillywhites, but the kind one they have to take to compete at the highest level.
Fabian Delph – Manchester City
There was much promise and excitement at the Etihad Stadium when central midfielder Fabian Delph swapped Aston Villa for Manchester City in July 2015.
Back then, his abilities matched those of the City team prior to Pep Guardiola’s reign and he was a strong addition, now that plainly isn’t the case anymore with the masses of talent the Citizens have bulked their squad out using since.
Delph is, especially when you look at his injury record before even assessing his quality, a waste of a squad place in Manchester in this day and age. Guardiola should look to offload him in the summer and replace the England man with a real superstar to fit his rich tapestry.
Yerry Mina – Everton
Everton centre-back Yerry Mina is widely considered to be one of, if not the, worst signings of the 2019/2020 Premier League season.
The former Barcelona man has got Toffees hoping that they had signed him on loan from Barcelona, like Andre Gomes, instead of getting a rush of blood to the head and snapping up the Colombian international for £27.23 million last summer.
This is down to a mixture of struggling to adapt to the most competitive division in the world and injuries. But regardless, Marco Silva needs centre-halves whom are up to the task now to replace the ageing central defensive core at Goodison Park. And Mina is not that – sell up in the summer.
Lucas Perez – West Ham United
Lucas Perez has caused nothing but problems behind the scenes at West Ham United since he joined from Arsenal in the summer 2018 transfer window and that’s why they should let him go in this one.
The 30-year-old may have chipped in with the odd goal for the Hammers in 2018/2019 but hasn’t been the same player when he’s started matches and failed to establish himself as a starting Xl regular, as well as displaying a bad attitude.
Manuel Pellegrini already has Javier Hernandez to do Perez’s job and if he too exits in May, June, July or August, should look for a fresher back-up striker. And as for the Spaniard himself, he will be able to find a new team with ease, though maybe not in the Premier League.
Marcos Alonso – Chelsea
Chelsea need to get rid of their Jekyll and Hyde left-back Marcos Alonso in the summer transfer window to avoid further damage to their defence moving forward.
The Spanish international blatantly isn’t a good enough defender to be the first choice at Stamford Bridge and his attacking prowess often distracts everyone from that.
Alonso is great going forward and perhaps should consider a change of position, but not in west London. There are plenty of top quality left-sided full-backs out there for Maurizio Sarri’s men and it should be the job of the recruitment team to find them one to replace the deficient Spaniard ahead of next campaign.
Shkodran Mustafi – Arsenal
Shkodran Mustafi may still only be 27 but he’s performed like a veteran centre-back who’s forgotten how to defend this season, especially in the latter part as the Gunners have fallen out of the race for the Premier League top four.
The German international often makes the blood of members of the Emirates Stadium faithful boil with his dreadful, costly mistakes and all-around shoddy displays in the centre of defence.
Unai Emery must execute a defensive overhaul in the summer transfer window and it needs to start with the sale of Mustafi and the purchase of a proper replacement. Just imagine what Arsenal could achieve with a consistent centre-back leader.
Willian – Chelsea
Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea will serve the first window of their two-transfer-window FIFA ban from signing players for breaching rules regarding the capture of international players under the age of 18 this summer, meaning sales will be at a premium.
However, one star they can afford to and should get rid of is Brazilian Willian, ever becoming surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge and eating up wages while contributing little.
The emergence of Callum Hudson-Odoi from the academy and the pre-ban-agreed arrival of Borussia Dortmund’s Christian Pulisic at the end of the campaign will help to overload the attacking wide areas in west London, pushing Willian further towards an exit anyway.