We rarely really need a 4th option, and i believe Marlon cannot play for us because of the EU rule or something along those lines..
(i read the board was certain that coutinho was coming so they sent marlon out so he can take that eu spot)
we talked about this in the Mina thread but it's uncertain if Suarez has his european passport yet and with Paulinho needing one as-well we're limited to 1 spot.
it's either Mina or Marlon to take over Mascheranos spot, and we need a european centerback to take over Vermaelen's spot
something dumber than depending on vermaelen is that we sent Marlon out to french league when it would benefit him more to try and get the spanish passport.. he already spent a year with us, brazilians requirement i believe is 2 years in Spain, and a while for paperwork to get done but still really odd stuff