Stopped reading when you said on a par with Kompany. Get real mate watch that man’s performances in the run in when he kept both of them out of the team. Neither of them has had a Leicester moment either. Saying Otta and Stones as good as VK makes me question whether you’re really a city fan.Each to their own. But England just made the semi of a World Cup, Argentina a Copa America. Otamendi & Stones are every bit as good as Alderweireld, better than DeLigt currently. Certainly on a par with Kompany.
Anyway, that’s not really my point, Laporte, Stones and Kompany are as good an option as any other team has and there’s zero reason to just buy a centre back. What Kompany offered can’t be replaced in the transfer market.
So my money is on an imaginative solution to the issue.