15 - Andreas Christensen

[Porque]

Lenglet was really good for a period in a back three under Koeman, like Mingueza was. He would probably pretty decent if given a run in this Xavi team considering how everything in front of him is working properly in terms of pressing. Still Araujo and Pique are clearly ahead of him, and Garcia has shown the level that he is worthy to develop ahead of Lenglet.

He could very well return to a good level with a move to a team a level below Barcelona.

You watch Villarreal yesterday and the defensive partner to Pau Torres was Raul Albiol, who was more of a joke than Lenglet years ago but has turned into a solid CB for Villarrea these days. And there should be teams who will find Lenglet worthwhile of the investment.

EDIT
Just seen that Messi983 basically said what I said in the post above

 

[Messi983]

Siiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Andresito]

https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/mr/mr74/en/

Bear in mind these are the same type of defender profiles: "Ground-to-air blocker".

 

[Zidane82]

This guy made a terrible error tonight and basically gave the game to Arsenal

 

[Respekt_III]

This guy made a terrible error tonight and basically gave the game to Arsenal

So would be perfect as a barca CB, nice.

 

[Zidane82]

Soon-to-be Barcelona player Andreas Christensen was directly responsible for one of Arsenal's goals against Chelsea, and was subbed out at half time after a poor performance.

 

[vuji_31]

Him and Kessie are looking now as Pjanic and Chigrinsky

 

[malvolio]

Subbed out at HT after a terrible performance. You have to be pretty shit as a player to pull this off.

And again he played in a back three, the tactic that suits him the best according to the forum footballing experts.

 

[Barcilliant]

Well, we're broke and have to take our chances on free transfers. Beggars can't be choosers.

 

[serghei]

He absolutely has to be better than Garcia and Lenglet. If he's not, we're fucked...

I for one expect a good player that will at least be very good vs the Osasuna's and Elche's of La Liga. Even at this level Lenglet flops and Garcia is nervous. But he's no top Champions League material, let's be realistic.

 

[Jakabor]

Relax. A brainfart and everyone is losing their minds.

He will be class for Barca. Bookmark this message.

 

[serghei]

Relax. A brainfart and everyone is losing their minds.

He will be class for Barca. Bookmark this message.

Class can mean many things. I agree he's a good signing for La Liga level, but he was a bench player at Chelsea for the CB pair, after Rudiger and a very old Thiago Silva.

 

[Andresito]

Chelsea fans are claiming gis mind is already in Barcelona. Chelsea on the other hand have nothing to play for, so can understand if his motivation and focus is currently low.

 

[Morten]

Chelsea fans are claiming gis mind is already in Barcelona. Chelsea on the other hand have nothing to play for, so can understand if his motivation and focus is currently low.

They have an FA cup final to get ready for, so it isn't nothing.

 

[khaled_a_d]

He absolutely has to be better than Garcia and Lenglet. If he's not, we're fucked...

I for one expect a good player that will at least be very good vs the Osasuna's and Elche's of La Liga. Even at this level Lenglet flops and Garcia is nervous. But he's no top Champions League material, let's be realistic.

Yup, truth is we don't have a "3rd CB" level of player, Garcia and Lenglet are 4th option at best.
Ideally we can sign a true high level CB to play beside Araujo, make AC & Pique back up, loan Etic and move Lenglet, Umtiti, Mingueza out. But we don't have the funds for it