Very disappointing news. At best I was hoping he'd be out until new year/february, now we just have to get by until January to see what we can do in the market. Another CB was always needed once we let Lovren go, but we banked on him staying fit which we knew was always a risk because Matip can barely string 5 consecutive games together and Gomez has been poor for ages.
I never liked the idea of Fabinho moving into CB, he did the job against Chelsea but he had VVD alongside him. Now we'll have the Fernandinho midfield to defence type shift which didn't work out well with City in the end. There is no way I can see Gomez/Matip playing every game from now until January. Alisson out for weeks too, it's a difficult period coming up. It may a case where we'll have to outscore the opposition in the games we know we should win but be pragmatic in others, where we could see results like 2016/2017 that got us in the top 4 before the arrival of VVD.