I agree with this but I don't think we will bring in 2 LCBs because one will ultimately become redundant.
Ideally we bring a fantastic LCB who has the promise of going to the next level.
Then a decent RCB that can fill in for Romero but can also adapt to play LCB for rotation etc.
It is alright using City and their 5 CBs as an example but City can do that cause they compete on all fronts every season and Pep isnt wedded to one partnership.
They can always sell players to as their value doesnt depreciate too much.
We wouldnt be able to do that.
Well of course, but neither I nor anyone else has suggested we sign 5 top CB’s or act like Man City - of course we can’t compete with them, I’m not attempting to.
Out of ALL of our CB’s I think the only one the majority of people wouldn’t be open to selling is Romero, and even with him the jury is still out in some ways.
I think in general, most didn’t want to keep Lenglet, and he’s gone anyway. Dier and Sanchez need to go, Tanganga seems to have gone over a cliff, and if we look at Davies, if he even counts as a CB it’s a utility one. So we’re basically left with only Romero, so as in my original post, what I’m suggesting is we take Romero as one option, then we can easily accommodate someone like Tapsoba, AND someone like Van de Ven.
That gives us three of Romero, Tapsoba, and VDV, I think there’s a good level there where we don’t see a drop off when one is injured or when Argentina are on the phone.
That for me leaves one final space to have four CB’s. Now, I dont see that we get it all done in one go, so, unfortunately I think I think it’s very likely that at least one of Dier, Sanchez or Tanganga are still here next season. However that space could be one of those, it could be an academy player, it could be a cheaper short term player, I guess we will see.
However I don’t think having three decent quality CB’s isn’t doable, and I don’t think you have to be City to make that happen. There’s plenty of games across leagues and cups, and that’s without Europe, and before we consider any possible long term injuries that may occur.