lex talionis
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I hate the idea of signing backup players. Back up players are academy responsibility to provide.
Varane need competition he might not be as good as him but he should be a player Varane knows can put his position under threat. Does Lindelof give us that?
There is a reason I did not add Rashford to that list. With these promising youngsters or high potential player, non of them is definitely fully trusted right now. We all hope they will develop or progress as expect but it doesn’t address the now. Against Spurs Antony wasn’t doing well and you look at the bench and can’t trust anyone to come on an make an immediate impact. So what do we do? We move Bruno to solve the problem and some here even suggesting Sancho should’ve been moved to a weak position to address that. Is this same situation changing without address those issues for next season. For me Garnacho and Amad are backup just like Lewis is at City or Harvey Elliot should be at Liverpool.
Hard to respond to all that point by point but what I would say to begin with is that we have two clear holes in the starting XI: a 9 and an 8. We have to fill both holes first before strengthening the squad.
We need to be two deep at every position if we want to compete for every trophy. Backup for Casemiro is the highest priority for me, and then a backup striker as it’s obvious as can be that Martial is done, firk in back. For others, a fourth CB to replace Maguire. We’ve got some interesting prospects in midfield positions, but no one that I know of who can step directly in for Casemiro. We have to believe Antony and Sancho will come good.