This Marquinhos chase has "Thiago Silva Saga" written all over it. We will keep chasing him, ignoring other viable options, while senseless names, like
(Daley), keep popping up. This year the board changed it up a little by giving us Mathieu. He is by no means a bad defender, but seems to be the fallback option. He did not come cheap either, considering his age (30), which raises the question if we could have gotten better value for our money. Liverpool for example look set to land Dejan Lovren (25) for just 5 Million more (25 Million Euros). And if we don't sign anyone else, we would have questionable CB depth, especially if the transfer ban kicks in. One more signing is definitely required in my opinion and there are better targets out there than Vermaelen, the board just has to take their Marquinhos goggles off and look harder.