I'm not against him signing, but just don't see the need. Surely it makes sense to have 2 senior CBs and 2 coming through. Adding in Alderweireld just means we will either not play Fazio all year or completely hinder the development of Dier and Wimmer.
Yeah it doesn't quite make sense with 4 senior CBs here already and no talk of any on the verge of an exit.
Would be funny if we signed him and he ended up replacing Vertonghen in the line-up. I can imagine he might like the idea of playing along side him but with Wimmer, Dier and Fazio no one could clearly say they would be our best partnership.
He can also cover at RB where he plays for Belgium don't forget.
That's the thing though, I cannot see Fazio being sent packing after only a year with us.
He can, but Dier is probably better at playing RB than Alderweireld is, so I don't expect it to happen a lot to be honest.He can also cover at RB where he plays for Belgium don't forget.
I'm one of those fools who believes we should start any season (that we're in Europe) with five CBs to ensure adequate injury cover and rotation. In an injury-free season, one - or even two - of them would end up with fairly little game time. But you need to prepare for injuries.That's the thing though, I cannot see Fazio being sent packing after only a year with us.
Maybe Dier or Wimmer would go out on loan for one or two seasons to a PL team. In that time we would have had the best of Fazio and towards the end of that period Dier/Wimmer would have overtaken Fazio in terms of performance/quality (assuming Poch doesn't see them as better options already)...I get how you feel re: 5 CB's but there is no way we could keep them all happy and my worry is that a player like Dier who needs time to develop won't get that and will move on.
Maybe Dier or Wimmer would go out on loan for one or two seasons to a PL team. In that time we would have had the best of Fazio and towards the end of that period Dier/Wimmer would have overtaken Fazio in terms of performance/quality (assuming Poch doesn't see them as better options already)...
Possibly, I was just going on the scenario that Dier wouldn't be getting much game time - probably due to a Fazio/Verts partnership that served us well in the past.I think Dier will be getting his fare share of game time personally....Based on last season, I am not sure that Fazio is ahead of Dier in the pecking order