Let's be honest we're going to lose the majority of the squad. It's fine saying coates doesn't need to sell but we've seen it so many times. Player power is a massive thing. Lets be realistic and look at the squad and prices knowing our transfer team sells cheap and isn't very good:
Keepers
Butland - not a chance he'll stay. Ambitions to be England's #1, he won't be seen dead in the championship. Pickford went for £40 after a good season, £25-30
Grant - will stay and become the new #1
Haugaard - contracts up, will only renew if we panic at being unable to get a better back up as we presumably won't spend yet again.
Defenders
Johnson - Lost it and out of contract, can't see many if any suitors, 12 month extension which screams panic
Edwards - potential starter for us next season, will look a lot more comfortable defensively in the championship and still show ability going forward
Bauer - an absolute Gem, if he's got a relegation clause he's a gonna. Hope he hasn't because we need players like him for a quick turn around. About £6-8m realistically.
Wimmer - stuck with him unless uncle Pete is prepared to take a giant hit and ship him off to Europe. £5-8m if we're lucky
BMI - again would love him to stick around but simply too good for the championship, European and mid table teams will come sniffing £8m
Shawcross - Hope he stays, clearly loves the club but unfortunately may move for a new challenge. Expect a Newcastle, Palace or Brighton to come in for about 5 - 10m
Zouma - returning to chelsea
Cameron - can see him staying or going to a relegation threatened team next year
Muniesa - played his last game for us I reckon. Lower spanish side 3-5m
Pieters - Will have offers probably somewhere like Castle again, but I think he'll stay.
Stafylidis - return to parent club
Wingers
Shaq - Again, no chance he'll play championship football, he'll push for a move and if he doesn't get it it'll be like rodwell at sunderland, will just go missing. realistically £15m fee to somewhere like Leicester, Leipzig or everton. will be less than the £25m we know he should cost because of relegation and inconsistencies, its been a pleasure watching him play though.
Choupo - Gets a lot of flack because he's seen as arnies replacement. In the unlikely event he doesn't go back to europe I think he'll be a real asset for us in the championship and I think he'll score a lot of goals.
Ramadan - I honestly can't see that many suitors coming forward, but if / when they do I'd say 8-10m probably go abroad, can see him in spain or the netherlands. Can't see many premier league clubs wanting him, he hasn't torn up many trees since he got here and he's unfortunately too inconsistent.
Jese - Back to PSG, I sympathise with his family situation but he clearly doesn't want to be here, PSG will loan him out to somewhere like Las Palmas or Malaga because they won't manage to shift him permanently.
Midfielders
Allen - again, not a chance he'll play championship footy and if you think he will you're deluded. £12-20m to a burnley, swansea, west ham type. Might even get a bigger move to an everton.
Badou - I was his biggest critic but it appears I was wrong, I still think he's too rash and undisciplined but his talent won't have gone unnoticed looking at around 10m if he's relegated. Prices are inflated in January and on top of this we don't know what the release clause states. Possibly Back to Turkey, or mid table prem.
Fletch- out of contract, started great - legs have gone. He'll retire rather than face trips to Shrewsbury on a Wednesday.
Adam - out of contract but i'd give him an extension, we need bite in the champ.
Ireland- out of contract, formally our of favour with PL however looks good when he's come on recently. Worth 12 months?
Afellay - PL really dislikes him, which is a shame because I've never seen a midfielder at stoke manage to find as much space on the ball on a consistent basis, I think he'd be a class act in the champ. Probably off back to the Netherlands.
Bojan - will return from his loan and probably be forced out. Again could be useful in the championship I can see him having a similar effect to Matej Vydra, big earner though so I can see him being shipped to loosen the wage bill. Will either get one last crack in a European team that fits somewhere around midtable or he'll move to the MLS, he's still a name so I can imagine him getting offers there. Orlando City?
Imbula - 10m, first offer we get to ship him back permanently to france. However I'd like him to come back into the fold. I think he could offer us a lot next year, again will push for a move though.
Strikers.
Crouch - either retire or stick around. Can't see any of the promoted teams wanting him they have better options. Could be useful next year at a level closer to him now.
Diouf - I'd like to see him in the championship, but he misses too many chances and will probably move for around £5m, Palace or equivalent
Berahino - Stuck with this one unless we release him, think he'd bang goals in though in the champ.
Campbell - will be first team next year, however this could still be a league too high. Destined for big things but it's about timing. Luckily has a long deal.
Telford - will be released on a free
Expect youngsters to come in - Sweeney, Souttar, Verlinden (if he doesn't leave), Ngoy, possibly even Jarvis and Shenton if we're desperate.
Possible return for some of the old guard? - Walters, Whelan, Shotton? We need grafters and they love our club. I'm hoping it doesn't come to it and we stay up but we really do need a miracle.