[Marwood]

The guy is a talent and the talented ones make their mark early.
We play him with mature defenders and we have enough of them at the club already.
We paid big money for him and part of that was down to We think he was ready for first team football just like when we have blooded other teenagers in our history.

Can you name all the other 19 year old CB's who've started for us?

 

[Bondi77]

Can you name all the other 19 year old CB's who've started for us?

Duncan Edwards...good enough- old enough.
We have paid 52mil for a teenage defender that Real wanted badly and he was a regular in a good French team.
How many French central defenders have been bought in the past two years in excess of 20mil by Premier league clubs?
Yet again....good enough- old enough.

 

[Marwood]

Duncan Edwards...good enough- old enough.
We have paid 52mil for a teenage defender that Real wanted badly and he was a regular in a good French team.
How many French central defenders have been bought in the past two years in excess of 20mil by Premier league clubs?
Yet again....good enough- old enough.

Jeez if you have to go back 70 years to find an example that should tell you something.

Broaden it out and have a think. How many 19 year olds on the world stage start for the biggest clubs at CB? Now and going back decades. I'm not saying name them but just think how difficult it is to find any. Basically Varane. That's who comes to everybody's mind.

Yoro might be a one off but that's not how you plan. Nor has he really shown he's one of those freak teenagers who just already has it. Pretty sure at Lille it was his CB partner who did all the proactive defending and you can already see that in his limited game time here.

We have two CB's in their prime and play three at the back. It's nowhere near enough.

Even in the 90's, playing two at the back we had Stam, Johnsen, Berg and May. Whatever their quality what's clear is that in that position you don't rely on youth. You need dependable players, players who you know what you're getting 8 times out of 10.

 

[NotThatSoph]

Jeez if you have to go back 70 years to find an example that should tell you something.

Broaden it out and have a think. How many 19 year olds on the world stage start for the biggest clubs at CB? Now and going back decades. I'm not saying name them but just think how difficult it is to find any. Basically Varane. That's who comes to everybody's mind.

Yoro might be a one off but that's not how you plan. Nor has he really shown he's one of those freak teenagers who just already has it. Pretty sure at Lille it was his CB partner who did all the proactive defending and you can already see that in his limited game time here.

We have two CB's in their prime and play three at the back. It's nowhere near enough.

Even in the 90's, playing two at the back we had Stam, Johnsen, Berg and May. Whatever their quality what's clear is that in that position you don't rely on youth. You need dependable players, players who you know what you're getting 8 times out of 10.

I don't know if Cubarsi counts, because he's 17 rather than 19 while starting for Barcelona every week.

 

[Bastian]

Something like that. CBs develop differently from other positions don't they...18 is young for a CF or winger...its very young for a CM...and for a CB or GK...it's basically unheard of for a player that age to be "elite"

Yeah, true. There were questions over whether he'd want to go back to them. He of course suffered some serious family issues at an early age. But it seemed he wasn't that keen on going to Arsenal after all those loans. I suspect Madrid/Barca will soon acquire his services if Arsenal continue to win nothing.

 

[flameinthesun]

18yo talented CB playing in a team devoid of confidence and talent. I think he's done okay. We will see how the next couple years go.

 

[OmarUnited4ever]

I don't know if Cubarsi counts, because he's 17 rather than 19 while starting for Barcelona every week.

De Ligt was starting for Ajax and Juve at ages 18-22.

Upamecano was starter with Leipzig at age 19, so was Konate, and probably Gvardiol too, and there is Cubarsi, there are definitely more 18-20 yo that started regularly for top team in a top 5 league.

 

[A-man]

Jeez if you have to go back 70 years to find an example that should tell you something.

Broaden it out and have a think. How many 19 year olds on the world stage start for the biggest clubs at CB? Now and going back decades. I'm not saying name them but just think how difficult it is to find any. Basically Varane. That's who comes to everybody's mind.

Yoro might be a one off but that's not how you plan. Nor has he really shown he's one of those freak teenagers who just already has it. Pretty sure at Lille it was his CB partner who did all the proactive defending and you can already see that in his limited game time here.

We have two CB's in their prime and play three at the back. It's nowhere near enough.

Even in the 90's, playing two at the back we had Stam, Johnsen, Berg and May. Whatever their quality what's clear is that in that position you don't rely on youth. You need dependable players, players who you know what you're getting 8 times out of 10.

Nineteen is young for a CB. The only other I can think of in the PL is Huijsen but he did well against us. I think it is different to be a CB in a 3 at the back formation. There will be less responsibility and better opportunities for a young CB to make his way in to the team. I also think Amorim has played quite young CBs at Sporting. Other French CBs in recent time who debuted early are Upamecano and Konaté.

 

[Bondi77]

Jeez if you have to go back 70 years to find an example that should tell you something.

Broaden it out and have a think. How many 19 year olds on the world stage start for the biggest clubs at CB? Now and going back decades. I'm not saying name them but just think how difficult it is to find any. Basically Varane. That's who comes to everybody's mind.

Yoro might be a one off but that's not how you plan. Nor has he really shown he's one of those freak teenagers who just already has it. Pretty sure at Lille it was his CB partner who did all the proactive defending and you can already see that in his limited game time here.

We have two CB's in their prime and play three at the back. It's nowhere near enough.

Even in the 90's, playing two at the back we had Stam, Johnsen, Berg and May. Whatever their quality what's clear is that in that position you don't rely on youth. You need dependable players, players who you know what you're getting 8 times out of 10.

First of all, we are currently not one of the top clubs in the world..we are not even one of the top clubs in our own country.
He will be a starter for us soon simply because he will be our best option in that position.
Bournemouth proved they were a better team than us on the weekend and they had a 19yo playing as a CB and it was a walk in the park for him.

 

[Blood Mage]

I think the reality has sunk in that a 19 year old CB was unlikely to be an instant hit, he'll need time.

 

[foolsgold]

There's a lot of talent, but he's still a work in progress, right now he should be a rotation option, filling in for a first choice back 3 of De Ligt, Maguire and Martinez.

in this area, we need to be two things, firstly we need to extend Maguire for another year, then bring in an experienced CB to fill the Evans spot.

 

[MiceOnMeth]

I think the reality has sunk in that a 19 year old CB was unlikely to be an instant hit, he'll need time.

Has that ever happened? Struggling to think of a teenage centre back signed for big money that was a starter immediately

 

[FrankDrebin]

Has that ever happened? Struggling to think of a teenage centre back signed for big money that was a starter immediately

I personally think Pique settled in really well when he returned to Barca but I think he was early 20s at that point.

I remember Ramos being notoriously all over the place when he signed for Madrid.

 

[Lay]

I personally think Pique settled in really well when he returned to Barca but I think he was early 20s at that point.

I remember Ramos being notoriously all over the place when he signed for Madrid.

I think he was a right back at the start too.

Anyway, Yoro looks at times a little overawed which is to be expected. He will be fine in a couple of years