Mad 4 It said:
We have every intention of building on youth, particularly our own, hence signing some players who can help them.
It would be great to find a world class young centre back for the squad, but anyone who thinks we have a better chance getting a result in the Nou Camp with Nastasic rather than Pepe, is off their heads.
Likewise, there are few, if any, teams in history who won titles with a 20 year old centre back. With young players in general, it usually goes pear shaped & they get benched for a while & then slowly brought back in. Even better ones than Nastasic.
It's the quality of the experienced players around them, that keeps them on track & makes it easier to recover when it happens.