Klaus wrote:
We need one cheap and one expensive defender this summer. As far as cheap defenders go, Evans and Sokratis are both way above the standard you'd usually find.
The real question is who's going to be our new defensive linchpin.
lets assume that we are going to play 4 ATB next season, not 5. in that case, we essentially need 4 centerbacks we can play regularly. right now, we have
mustafi
kos (probably out for most of next season, but still on the wage bill, obviously)
chambers
holding
mavgreekguy
so, we basically have 4 healthy centerbacks. if we bring in 2, then you can posit that 2 will leave. mustafi and chambers now have a decent amount of games under their belt. holding could have gone on loan last year. mav seems like he might be a loan option. if we sign sokratis, you can basically slot him into the kos spot in our squad depth. that still leaves 5 healthy guys for 4 spots.
unless we sell mustafi, i cant see us buying more than 1 CB this summer
