For me, it's not about Jonny Evans, if he comes fine, like most others i'll back him all the way. Similarly, if we're shopping at that level because we're spending the money elsewhere, then that's fine.
It's more an increasing concern that after years of knowing this is a problem position, the best our scouts have been able to muster by way of remedy is paying £38m for Mangala, £50m for Stones who wasn't a first team regular at Everton and now Jonny Evans. Is that it ? Somehow, they also missed Van Dijk who could have been bought at a fraction of the price from Celtic where we actually had a player playing next to him and who we were, presumably watching week in week out.
The "we can't afford to gamble" argument doesn't stack up either. We did just that on Mangala and Stones. Mangala has failed and I'm yet to be convinced by Stones.