Salibatelli wrote:I don’t think we should be comparing him to English CBs, he should be compared to all CBs, nationality is irrelevant.
You say he doesn’t make many mistakes, he disagree he regularly does make mistakes, sometimes he just doesn’t get punished for them, he made one for England at the weekend that cost England the goal for example.
Coady, Stones, Rudiger, Dias, Van Dijk, Guehi, Gabriel, Laporte, Varane, Matip, Thiago Silva and that’s just in the PL.
Maguire went for a lot but at the time he was excellent for Leicester and England, he hasn’t been so good recently however, but also Man U overpaid. Van Dijk was also proven when Liverpool signed him.
You have to compare to English CBs because the price we paid is directly related to that. There is no point talking about his price in relation to non-British players because his British-ness drove his price up.
I don't care about the mistake he made in a friendly for England, that cuts no ice. You used that mistake to suggest he makes them for Arsenal when you know he doesn't.
If you compare him talent-wise to other CBs in the Prem, who is better than him this season ? The only one on your list is Dias. He as been better than both Stones and Coady, Rudiger is a defensive CB who is very good at that but has the weakest range of passing I a have seen for a long time. VVD has looked fallible this season, Gabriel has in no way been better than White, Laporte is good but BW is better defensively, Varane ... do me a lemon, Matip has been good but not better than BW and Thiago Silva you only mentioned because he "was" a great CB, no way you can tell me he has performed as well as BW.