Gabriel
Well-Known Member
So we would have Ake Laporte Stones Garcia and Fernandinho and Rodri which can fill in seem fine to me.
Problem in that scenario is an injury to Rodri means Fernandinho, who played the most minutes of any central defender last season, has to be drafted into the middle as cover. That leaves us with a relatively light and inexperienced, in CL terms, defence. I cannot foresee Stones being with us beyond October, but because everyone will see that we’re by then overstocked in that department, we’ll likely have to cut an unfavourable deal.