Took Joe Gomez nearly 4 years to start for Liverpool after they signed him from Charlton. This for someone who i regard as maybe a top 3/4 CB in the league now. Only Van Dijk and Laporte are better.
Recent experienced additions were Luiz and Sokratis, and you can add experienced player like Mustafi to that clown list. I would rather add a quality player instead of looking for experience as the main attribute
Not sure about that. Saka and Leno are pretty good players, Bellerin could recover his pace with a full preseason and Torreira is one of the best ball winners we've had for years. Looks solid enough with the only issue being his CB partner. I would say Chambers is better than the rest of the idiots we have but the question is how will his recovery look like
You can't have both ? Where did I say that I want a washed up 31+ year old defender?
Yeh I don't mean right away. I mean he should be cosidered an understudy to a much better defender (as of now) who he can learn from.
But he's playing regular first team football now. If he's good enough he should play
You can't just throw him straight in the team though. PL is a baptism of fire compared to the French leagues. It usually requires some patience and letting them adapt for a time first. Prime examples being Henry, Pires, Koscielny, Pepe. Some never do adapt a la Sanogo lol.
Sell.
Agree with leno and torreira. Not sure about any of our cb's though. Think Saliba will be good from what i've seen and heard from media. I think bellerin is not good enough from what I've seen so far. Got great expectations from Tierney though.
If he gives us 3 years and we get 80+ for him, that's all we can ask for. On top of that, one of our current idiot CBs will have to be on the bench while he plays, and that alone is worth the investment
I think Saliba will take time to establish but not that long like Gomez. Gomez was a talent when he first came into the scene but Saliba comes across more rounded, ready and with higher potential compared to him if you compare their beginnings.
He has no competition for CB position so he will have enough game time, looks physically ready and the only thing we need to see is how he deals with the pace of the game and pressure in PL.
Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for as well and can definitely see him nailing down the first choice CB soon enough. Thinking whether Arteta has learned how to develop the art of coaching the modern CB during his time with Pep. If he can help Saliba develop his passing to be able to run the show we've got a colossus on our hands.
