This.
This board has relied on Messi's goals & XavIniesQuets' support play for too long without reinforcing the foundations around them. Now every club gets a big fat smile on their face when they see Zubi coming. Every club knows we're desperate and weak in a lot of positions. Sometimes you make mistakes and walk away and sometimes you have to dig deep into your pockets and pay the price. This is the latter. The board will have to pay the price now and make sure we don't get to this state again.
Marquinhos doesn't deserve to start ahead of Bartra so I don't like this pursuit of him.
Benatia - CB, De Sciglio - R/LB & CB, O. Torres - CM, Immobile - FW with promotion of some B players (Edgar, Dongou) would be the scenario I'd like and we'd have a good amount of depth in every area.