So the Vida thing isnāt happening, but I still donāt understand why Emery allowed Chambers to leave if we werenāt bringing someone else in. I hope Iām wrong but Iām afraid weāre going to look really stupid when Sokratis or Mustafi get hurt.
They also have to get games. Canāt keep a 19 yr old, or however old Mavropanos is, and a 21 yr old, or however old Holding is, sitting on the bench all season and expect them to develop.
It was gonna be my next point. Mav and Holding have a much higher ceiling and the chance to be above average players if they get some experience and proper coaching.
Hate to break it to you but our midfield is chalk full of mediocrity as well.
Well we were happy to sell Alexis in his final year for Ā£55-60m and buy Lemar for Ā£90m so I donāt think thatās really much different to selling Courtois in his final year for Ā£35m + Kovacic loan and buying Kepa for Ā£70m. Iām sure this is a signing they didnāt want to have to make but theyāre desperate.
I donāt think Chambers was ever going to be the answer to be honest. I think heās an okay CB and can still improve, but from what Iāve seen Holding has a higher ceiling and heās been given much less time with us. Mavropanos we simply donāt know enough about yet but the brief showings he has have largely been good (ignore Leicester).
Mustafi and Sokratis are both shaky as fuck so I can see why people wanted to keep extra bodies, but to me Chambers wasnāt much more of an answer to the situation.