gregorrin10
Senior Member
Exactly. He's still 25, that's a lifetime, especially for a CB. He still has his best years ahead of him. Of course his injury history is now a problem (hopefully his knees aren't becoming a chronic condition) but if anyone deserves a season or two to see if he can return to his past heights, it's Umtiti. Any team getting him now for under 80M would be daylight robbery. In this market he's worth just as much as Van Dijk. I really hope we're not that stupid just because Lenglet caught some great form. We need quality replacements, when injuries struck, not again some semi-retired players like Vermaelen and Mathieu. Umtiti-De Ligt can become the best CB partnership in the world. I suspect Pique might join the new presidental campaign (Font?) in 2021 anyway, so we need to keep Umtiti and get De Ligt as well.
Of course having a manager, who actually knows how to rotate and could handle 4 quality CBs in the team would help, but that's another thing entirely. But we CAN have all four great CBs for a season or two no problem, after that Pique will be gone anyway, and Todibo can become that 4th CB after. Until then, send him to Betis or some other La Liga club on loan (1 or even 2 year loan, depending on when Pique will decide to hang it up). But I don't see him playing past the age of 33, so a max. 2 year loan for Todibo should be more than sufficient.
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