@kithnou @AaronTheBlue
One thing to remember is that Mori is a left sided centre back and has Galloway coming through behind him as well.
For me, this position is filled with those two players.
Theyre different types of LCB's themselves so when looking at partners for say Mori, would that partner actually gel with Galloway?
The right sided partner options at the moment are Jagielka and Stones. We also have Browning and Holgate as well to come through, based purely and solely that we paid a fee for Holgate i would say he would be seen as Jags long term successor.
For the "now" Stones is recognised as potentially one of the best centre backs in the world. It would be foolish to think about selling him based upon recent games (and howard calamities) and we need to keep him at all costs.
However, bear in mind that if we did sell Stones then we would then need to replace him and have only Jags as a RCB who will be 34 years old by next season and could do a Distin.
Martinez prioriities at centre back should be:
A -- Get Galloway games on loan
B -- Bring Holgate through same as Galloway was
C -- Keep Mori as first choice LCB
D -- Get another season out of Stones (at least)
The issues are then only if Holgate can replace Jags in a season or two + if we can keep Stones.
With revenues being £50mil ish higher now from TV the price for Stones at say £60mil would be the bare minimum we should be looking at.
Pep Guardiola and Martinez both have systems which require ball playing centre backs, how rare are these types?
Mori himself and Galloway will be even better next season and Stones also + we simply need to go for top 4 next season and keep Mori / Galloway / Jags / Stones intact and bring through Holgate.