My hope with our apparent obsession with getting a new centre back is that we are planning to get a new CB to partner Thiago Silva, which would then allow us to sell Keane and Mina for about 50 million.
If we had been successful with Gabriel, that would have left us with Gabriel, Silva, Holgate and Branthwaite as our four centre backs, which would have been a massive improvement, and also brought in another 50 million to spend from selling Keane and Mina.
Hopefully we still have the same idea, but we need to find an alternative to Gabriel now. Otherwise, I don't see why we are obsessing over centre backs.
Except for the fact that it wouldn't mate. You seem to be forgetting the transfer fee for Gabriel or the other CB we bring in. The £50 million generated would be cut by that. Unless I am misunderstanding you.