Is not so difficult to be a defender as good as Pique and Boateng. I mean despite i'm Barca fan i always consideerd Pique very overrated. In pure defensive skill he is nothing of special. Puyol and 70% of possession did look him better than what he is and once he had missed this, has been shit most of the time. Boateng the same he is a pachyderm with the agility of a truck, he is nothing special in marking and in one vs one.
These are typical defenders of Guardiola, but as pure defender a guy like Pepe is much better than both, without citing Thiago Silva who is just in another world, although it has chose the wrong team (could have done a better career).
That said I think Varane and Marquinhos are the best prospects in the role. Varane has all bad luck in the ability to read the game sometimes and Marquinhos is simple amazing for his age,
maybe he should do some muscles, but i always been impressed by him, he remind me Puyol and Silva, much more impressed by him that by the so much hyped Jerom Boateng.
