Angelino played about once every 3-4 weeks for us last season, it`s very hard to establish himself with so little playing time. The CB pairings last season were absolute garbage (due to injuries) with Garcia, Ota and Dinho, you can`t even compare that to this season. The reason why Delph and Zinchenko worked in our system is that the CBs were fantastic, defensively both of them were poor, but it still worked because they had CBs that could cover for them.
Angelino would be a lot better now that we have four genuinely top class CBs. Good passing range, one of the best crossers in the world and scores loads of goals. 7 goals and 5 assists already this season. Lots of people is saying that he wouldn`t work here because he`s been playing a lot as a LWB, but that`s what he would do here for 90% of the time. (He`s played in 4atb formations this season as well.) With a little coaching, his defending would easily be better than Zinchenko. The train has passed now with Leipzig's obligation to buy, but I think we let him go too early. The 16m fee is absolutely laughable. Bigger clubs will be bidding 40m+ for him in a season or two, I`m 100% sure of that. He`s HG as well and really loves City, just a shame that the CBs were shite when he was here. Mendy, Angelino and Ake would be three very different, but great options