It’s not like FIFA where you just add players and it works, without training and time to rehearse it only gets better to a limited extent.
Speaking of FIFA, which 13 players are going?
Bürki, Hitz, Akanji, Haaland, Zagadou, Witsel, Schmelzer, Pongracic and Reinier are almost certain to be fixed.
Then Schulz, Guerreiro, Hazard, Can, Tigges, Moukoko are candidates.
Since you need money for the upheaval, at least 2 players will go in addition to Haaland and Akanji, who will also bring in money.
Certainly some players will go, but 13 is a bit exaggerated. We weren’t relegated to the second division, so the contracts are expiring.
Bürki, Hitz, Witsel, Pongracic and Reinier as well as Haaland are certainly fixed, everything else is on shaky ground. Schmelzer was only employed on paper anyway.
For Akanji you first have to find a willing buyer if ManUnited jumps off. The same applies to Guerriero, Brandt, Dahoud, Can, Meunier and Schulz. If there are no adequate offers, players are more likely to be retained. Because the players are not bad, they just have to be used and motivated correctly.
I can’t understand why Wolff and Hazard are often included here. The guys at least give it their all and are good squad players, that’s exactly what they’re meant for and they fulfill their role. God knows there are other construction sites.
Incidentally, this season the squad was already laid out in a 4-4-2 with a diamond or double eights or even 3-5-2 without a winger. However, Rose has never played with Haaland/Malen or Haaland/Moukoko. When then Malen found himself on the grand piano.
Of course, Tigges as a replacement for Haaland doesn’t have the necessary quality, but that certainly has something to do with Haaland’s regular player claim.
At Akanji, more and more clubs are in the raffle, he will definitely change.
Dahoud will extend, so I didn’t list him.
I think Brandt will get another chance.
Passlack will stay because of Morey and the LV position as an emergency solution. Similar things can count for Wolf.
What you shouldn’t forget is that the World Cup is in winter and Can, Hazard etc. have to deliver in the first half of the season, when they’re on the bench it’s going to be difficult.
Therefore, I believe that some now prefer a change easier than usual.
Since we are rumored to already have the Haaland replacement fixed, Tigges will hardly get any more playing time and will therefore prefer a change or loan.
Haaland and Moukoko were usually not fit either. In the end it got Malen.
I also found 13 at first to be a lot, but as I have listed, including Schmelzer, which is officially included, 9 departures are 90% certain.
And because of the World Cup, I don’t think 4 more players who have the risk of landing on the bench are unrealistic.
The rumored additions are a 6 Series and an LV. One would be Can and the other Schulz and Guerreiro. Gittens, Rothe, Coulibaly and probably Kamara come up from the A youth. I suspect Gürpüz and Semic in the U23 together with Fink.
You are of course right, because Pongracic and Reinier ended 2 loans (fortunately) and Schmelzer added a 3rd on paper, as well as Bürki, Witsel, Hitz and Haaland. A lot is already coming together there
With Zagadou, hope may come out of me because I like to see the boy play. I hope to stay here. He certainly doesn’t earn that much, so that the contract could be extended with good conditions for both sides and he could be loaned out for 1 year in the league. Freiburg, for example, is looking for a LIV. Compared to the others mentioned, his costs are manageable and if he stays injury-free for a year, he has incredible potential.
Can is not released in mmn because he is nominally the only ZDM in the squad. So I can very well imagine an Özcan (or similar profile) transfer to have good competition in the ZDM. Selling a can would be an unnecessary additional construction site, you cannot sell them all.
The LV and ZOM cast is certainly a little related. If you get a good offer for Brandt, Guerreiro could take over the position and you could have a place at LV with ZOM Sales.
Finally, a lot will also depend on what offers you get for players that you would give up, but who also need to achieve a certain value in order to be able to take action yourself.
It will definitely remain exciting. In any case, the beginning was successful with Süle and Schlotterbeck, we’ll see how it goes on.
Edit: By the way, the basic plans could also vary if you take a 3-5-2 ala Inter into account. We would definitely have the right players in the squad for that and it wouldn’t need so many additions.
3-5-2 without a winger is probably not the expensive option either, given the current transfer prices. If the system can be put into practice successfully, that would be something new for the Bundesliga 
Contè shouldn’t be attached to his job either…