#2 Wanted: Mobile full-backs
Bacary Sagna, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gael Clichy and Pablo Zabaleta are all excellent full-backs and amongst the best we’ve ever seen in the Premier League. But the issue with all four of them is that they’re all either 31 or above.
It’s true Manchester City and Pep Guardiola failed to lure Hector Bellerin away from Arsenal in the summer. The 21-year-old would’ve been a great signing, given he’s easily the best young full-back in the world currently.
But Pep has a Plan B and that seems to be his former star, Juan Bernat. The left-back at Bayern Munich hasn’t been getting much game time under Carlo Ancelotti and could switch the Allianz Arena for the Etihad in the summer for a modest fee. He’s only one of four full-backs the Catalan will need to bring in, however.
It’s a start and it could pave the way for the club to poach some highly-rated full-backs from within the English footballing ecosystem.
