I don't buy this "Mitchell left them in a lurch" bs either. Any job position of power the notice period is 60+ days. Let alone a sporting director of a close to a billion pound club. They will have known months in advance.
11 days until our first game of the season. We currently have Lascelles as CB backup (no idea if Botman will be fit, probably not). Just Miley as CM cover, and of course Osula to cover Isak, if he plays of course.