The squad has holes.
Rose is a shadow and I don't care if he leaves. Dier and Wanyama were both poor and Dembele is a worn out horse.
You may be right on Rose and Dembele. And if so, we should be proactive about bringing in the best possible replacements. For me, there's still quality in Rose and I'll take whatever number of games Dembele's fitness allows over any of the proposed replacements.
I guess my view of the ambition would be that guys like Alli, Dier, Sanchez, Kane, perhaps Eriksen and Son, hopefully Trippier and Davies, they are all at an age and a point in their careers where they are likely to have their peak as players in front of them rather than behind them. We push on just by keeping the squad together, plus gain yet more advantage of stability and experience with each other and within the system. The team we already have is one of the best in Europe, is only getting better, and I have a hard time seeing most of our transfer targets cracking the first XI when everyone is fit and in form.
Keeping those players together isn't just about humbly accepting a lack of transfer activity though, it's about smashing the wage structure and locking those guys into contracts that establish them as cornerstones of an ambitious future for the club. That's what I'm eager for this summer. Pochettino and Kane are done, now lock in the rest.