Tugay One Cup
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even if Laporte and Stones were out, we'd have Dias, Walker, Cancelo, Cucurella, Zinchenko, and Phillips, who has played at centre back before
I'm not having that. Cancelo, Zinchenko or Phillips at centre back against any half decent opposition would be a nightmare and an easily avoidable one. Walker and Cucurella completely untested at centreback in a back four.
We can just avoid any of that by replacing Ake if he goes. If Pep's got total faith in someone like Mbete then I can understand that but that's not really his style. We've shown time and again why squad depth can (and usually is) the difference when it comes to winning the title. Leaving ourselves short in terms of backups would just be an unnecessary risk.