Seems likely he'll leave to go be first choice at say Villa, Newcastle, Spurs, West Ham or will go abroad. Don't see him being first choice or wanting to stick around since it's not clear he's first choice to backup Varane ahead of Lindelof and seems like maybe even 4th choice at LCB (throw in Shaw), even though Varane has injury issues and he could back himself to step up and be first choice and an improved player under a good manager.
Also Ten Hag might want the money and a new captain, and the biggest issue is probably Maguire hanging on to start at the Euros in like 16 months, which seems far more likely if he's playing all the time, otherwise you get the feeling we might see someone like Colwill, Guehi or Tomori take his job, or maybe even a Chilwell-Shaw-Stones-James backline if Shaw continues to look brilliant most of the time he fills in there for Lisandro, since Southgate can always shift Shaw over to LB if Chilwell gets hurt or he just wants him out there late in games and a new CB coming in. Though England have so little LB depth that it's more likely Shaw and Chilwell are just locked in there and one of the young CBs improves to partner Stones.
Anyways, I figured we could use a thread to discuss CBs.
The name we've been linked to most is probably Timber, last summer, who maybe turned us down. People will want a taller player, but considering Wan-Bissaka might be sold to if the Frimpong rumours are true, and it's possible Ten Hag would ideally want Timber to back up Varane, Dalot and Frimpong at RB (and he is very stylistically different player than Frimpong, in that he can step inside and sit deeper while Frimpong is all about pace going forward), I'm not sure that will sound as appealing to Timber as being first choice somewhere else.
A name that makes some tenuous sense is Doekhi from Union Berlin, though I've literally never seen him play, but might check out the Bayern-Union game since they're tied (with Dortmund) for top of the table there. Solid FBref numbers though seems like more of a long ball passer than Ten Hag favors in defence: https://fbref.com/en/players/f67c9d29/Danilho-Doekhi
But Dutch, 24 years old, highest rated player for his team who are somehow tied for the Bundesliga lead and out of contract in 2 years. Apparently turned down a deal to Rangers and is wanted by English clubs. Played for Jong Ajax 35 times, but left 6 months after Ten Hag got there, though De Ligt, Blind, Schurrs and Wober were all ahead of him and that's a decent foursome blocking his way to be fair, considering he was only 20 and just probably not ready. Probably ends up in mid-table here, but he seems like a plausible name.
Also Ten Hag might want the money and a new captain, and the biggest issue is probably Maguire hanging on to start at the Euros in like 16 months, which seems far more likely if he's playing all the time, otherwise you get the feeling we might see someone like Colwill, Guehi or Tomori take his job, or maybe even a Chilwell-Shaw-Stones-James backline if Shaw continues to look brilliant most of the time he fills in there for Lisandro, since Southgate can always shift Shaw over to LB if Chilwell gets hurt or he just wants him out there late in games and a new CB coming in. Though England have so little LB depth that it's more likely Shaw and Chilwell are just locked in there and one of the young CBs improves to partner Stones.
Anyways, I figured we could use a thread to discuss CBs.
The name we've been linked to most is probably Timber, last summer, who maybe turned us down. People will want a taller player, but considering Wan-Bissaka might be sold to if the Frimpong rumours are true, and it's possible Ten Hag would ideally want Timber to back up Varane, Dalot and Frimpong at RB (and he is very stylistically different player than Frimpong, in that he can step inside and sit deeper while Frimpong is all about pace going forward), I'm not sure that will sound as appealing to Timber as being first choice somewhere else.
A name that makes some tenuous sense is Doekhi from Union Berlin, though I've literally never seen him play, but might check out the Bayern-Union game since they're tied (with Dortmund) for top of the table there. Solid FBref numbers though seems like more of a long ball passer than Ten Hag favors in defence: https://fbref.com/en/players/f67c9d29/Danilho-Doekhi
But Dutch, 24 years old, highest rated player for his team who are somehow tied for the Bundesliga lead and out of contract in 2 years. Apparently turned down a deal to Rangers and is wanted by English clubs. Played for Jong Ajax 35 times, but left 6 months after Ten Hag got there, though De Ligt, Blind, Schurrs and Wober were all ahead of him and that's a decent foursome blocking his way to be fair, considering he was only 20 and just probably not ready. Probably ends up in mid-table here, but he seems like a plausible name.