We had some impressive results and performances in that PL season against Top 10 teams with a net spend of 17m (De Roon making up the majority of this net with a 13m fee). The whole club were not invested in the project and a few individuals in the background were working against AK. Imagine the difference if we were able to add to the squad with some of the names linked below in 2016/17:
Lukas Rupp (signed for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
Aissa Mandi (signed for Real Betis)
Dennis Praet (signed for Sampdoria)
James Morrison (signed a contract extension at West Brom)
Michail Antonio (signed a contract extension with West Ham)
Clément Grenier
Clement Chantome (signed for Stade Rennais)
Hakim Ziyech
Domagoj Vida
Tim Krul
Khouma Babacar
Thomas Meunier (signed for PSG)
Neven Subotic (deal fell through after failed medical)
Harry Maguire
Enzo Fernández
Gerard Deulofeu
Fernando Llorente (signed for Swansea)
Tomas Kalas (signed for Fulham)
Laurent Depoitre
Jefferson Montero
Alvaro Arbeloa (signed for West Ham)
Denis Cheryshev
Rachid Ghezzal
Filip Djordjevic
Kenneth Vermeer
Jon Walters
Cheick Tiote
Henri Bedimo
Rachid Ghezzal
Gökhan Gönül
Keiren Westwood
Pepe Reina
Martin Skrtel (signed for Fenerbahçe)
Cameron Jerome
Sergi Samper
Ryan Bennett
Cristi Săpunaru
Mike van der Hoorn (signed for Swansea)
Blerim Džemaili
Lee Cattermole
Matt Philips (signed for West Brom)
Chris Gunter
Ramadel Falcao
Matz Sels (signed for Newcastle)
Vincent Aboubakar
Martin Caceres
Nicolai Jorgensen
Santiago Arias
Tomáš Necid
Jeff Hendrick (signed for Burnley)
Robin Van Persie
Demarai Grey
Filip Helander
Yakou Meite (signed for Reading)
Andre Ayew
Wesley Hoedt
Usually 15% of capacity unless the police decide otherwise. So should be around 5200 - dependent on the layout of the stadium.
Our official (dry) coaches are departing at 5.20am!
A RB.Salzburg v Liverpool....................(Mane)
D Inter Milan v Barcelona....................(Messi)
H Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg.
H Ajax v Valencia...............................(Ziyech)
H Chelsea v Lille....................................(Abraham)
A Club Bruges v Real Madrid...............(Benzema)
D Bayern Munich v Tottenham............(Lewandowski)
A Dinamo Zagreb v Man City................(Mahrez)
H Athletico Madrid v Loko: Moscow.
D Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Juventus.......(Ronaldo)