I don't think Rafa's anybody's fool mind, he will know exactly what he is dealing with when it comes to those above. I reckon he's built the base of a potentially very decent team and he is reluctant to walk away at this stage. A couple of quality additions and you would have a top 8 side no problem. Let's be honest, if they do f*** him over he can't really say it was unexpected.
Yep.
Dubravka
Lascelles
Schar
Lejeune
Longstaff
Almiron
Perez
Rondon
Solid spine of a top 7-9 team that with a few good additions