This transfer reminds me of the Donny signing. Nothing to do with them coming from Ajax and more because they were both signed in a window, where we had a lot of glaring holes in other positions. Going in to this season I felt like we needed a #6, #8, right back, winger to pair with Sancho, long term replacement for Ronaldo and then potentially a short term replacement for Ronaldo. Martinez will be our 3rd signing and I still feel like we need another 3 or 4 after that.
I hope this is a case of right guy at the wrong time and we are signing him now because we believe he is too good to miss out on. I don't have much of an opinion on his ability as I haven't seen enough of him, but I would have found it easier to believe if it didn't appear like we were after Timber first.
Despite my slight scepticism, as soon as he signs that all goes out the window and it's all aboard the hype train. Our central defence isn't without it's problems and I will be praying he is the man to solve them.