Centre-backs are getting harder to find. I'm surprised nobody put in a cheeky bid for Virgil this summer as just about everyone was looking for one. If he has an outstanding season again, there's no reason why he shouldn't get to the John Stones price bracket.
We definitely need to set the black-box filters to look a centre-backs & defensive midfielders.
Joe Hart set to start against Slovakia after Fraser Forster withdraws from #Eng duty with injury via @telefootball
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/08/31/fraser-forster-forced-to-withdraw-from-england-duty-due-to-injur/
In an ideal world, we'd have a kept Vic/Mane/Pelle & still signed Boufal, Højbjerg & Redmond *
We would have then had an amazing squad to push on with.
* Yes, I'm aware was a pipe dream.
Højbjerg is a far better player. But he's not a destroyer.
I don't doubt our ability to play nice football, but I can't help but feel we are easier to play against.