We'd fallen into a habit of starting each season with Zinchenko as a squad player and gradually finding out that he was still our best option at LB after all. If we still had him he'd be our first choice left back again by now. If it was guarantees he was after we should have either given them to him or made sure we brought in a first team ready option. Gomez is nowhere near that standard. Even if he was seen as a development option, it was still a poor choice as we needed someone who could come in and do a job for us now.