This CB partnership has potential to be elite!
Let’s pray they stay injury free.
Good evening Ladies and Gents,
Today I just wanted to hone in on the 2 players you see above and put across my thoughts on how pivotal they could be for the Enzo Maresca era.
Firstly, they are two of the most promising centre backs in world football and between them they could create an INCREDIBLE partnership.
There is barely an attribute between them they don’t possess. There is pace, power, aerial threat, reading of the game, intercepting play, progressive passing and composure amongst others.
The MOST important factor will be their fitness, if we can keep them fit for the majority of the season we will see a vast improvement on the pitch and in the league standings (along with the likes of Reece James).
I personally have not been excited by a CB partnership like this for a VERY long time and am just hoping to see it pan out that way in the season and years ahead.
There has been a lot of talk in the media in recent weeks saying Enzo Maresca views these 2 as his best CBs and the partnership he wants to build around and only fitness will stop that from being a possibility, both will be fit and ready for the pre-season tour from what is being reported.
Do you all agree? How excited are you by this partnership?
Thanks for reading!
Luke Rushbrook
Availability is everything for us this season imo. Doesn't matter who the coach is, it's a big ask to achieve their goals missing 8 - 12 key players all season. If they manage to solve whatever was behind that, this squad can really turn into something special. Hopefully we get a full season of these two, James, Nkunku, a fully-fit Enzo, just to name a few.
I agree but just like Reece James, I don't see Fofana as ever being fit for more than 2-3 games again in his career without getting injured for months. It's such a shame we are being robbed of their talents.