Bailly has yet to show any consistency in fitness or form while Lindelof just isn’t up to the standard required for any team with ambitions of challenging for major honours.
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United have signed a centre-back in all but one of the last four summer windows and anyone with eyes – for example: Gary Neville – can see they need another to go alongside Maguire, the world’s most expensive defender. Manchester United – £215m on five signingsĮric Bailly (£30m), Victor Lindelof (£31m), Diogo Dalot (£19m), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£50m), Harry Maguire (£85m). Sky Sports Premier League September 28, 2020 📺 Watch MNF now on Sky Sports PL /RDiplN2Msg 🗣️ "If this signing doesn't work I can't see Man City winning the league…" analyses Pep Guardiola's huge spend on central defenders in his managerial career and why this could be the start of the end The hope is that Guardiola can find a functioning partnership between Laporte, Ake and Dias, who cost a combined £162.5million, more than half of the Big Six’s entire defensive spend since City appointed Pep. Porro, Angelino and Couto have been loaned out to Sporting Lisbon, RB Leipzig and Girona respectively. Cancelo may yet come good but the fact City were willing to swap him six months after he arrived from Juventus speaks volumes. Mendy, Danilo and Cancelo have been hugely disappointing. Guardiola considered doing the opposite with Stones amid an error-strewn few seasons for the England star, who couldn’t get in the matchday squad at times when City last won the title.
Zinchenko was bought as a midfielder but Guardiola has used him more at the back when the likes of Mendy and Angelino have been injured or incapable.
Manchester City – £428.1million on 11 signings How have Manchester City’s Big Six rivals constructed their defences with new signings during the same period… The signing of Ruben Dias takes Pep Guardiola’s spend on defenders since he arrived in 2016 above £400million.
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