As City don’t really play with two conventional fullbacks and two centre backs, the players all have to be flexible and switch between positions, I would say only Dias is a centre back and nothing else. So with this in mind the way I look at it is we have 7 senior players for 4 positions in the team, I’m not counting Gomez or Lewis as senior yet. Not overkill by any means as some might imagine.
Going into next season Dias will be 26 but the other 6 players will be be between 33 and 28, so I can understand why the club might want to bring the age profile down. I’m not saying we should go and splash fortunes on this kid, or force anybody out who doesn’t want to leave as they are all fantastic players, who have done so much for us, but City do need to keep an eye on who to refresh this area with in the not too distant future.
Going into next season Dias will be 26 but the other 6 players will be be between 33 and 28, so I can understand why the club might want to bring the age profile down. I’m not saying we should go and splash fortunes on this kid, or force anybody out who doesn’t want to leave as they are all fantastic players, who have done so much for us, but City do need to keep an eye on who to refresh this area with in the not too distant future.