Our centre backs are the least convincing part of our squad. Bailly has talent but was very poor last season and struggles to stay fit. Lindelof improved as the season wore on and is probably in line to be first choice. Smalling can be great one game and poor the next, need more consistency from him as the senior player. Jones is up and down too. Rojo hasn’t been the same since serious injury and wasn’t exactly the best before anyway. There’s rumours that Rojo will leave to make room for someone to come in.
However, if we don’t bring anyone in they can all do better and Mourinho needs to find a way to get the best out of them. His teams are built on solid defences and despite clean sheets last season it doesn’t convince most of the time. We need a #1 defender, I like Maguire but he’s not that, Alderweireld is but club don’t want to bring in a player with no resale value. I don’t rate Smalling highly but at the end of it he’s the only one that looked capable of staying available for every game, and I think Mourinho really values that stability but his partner changes nearly every week. Need to keep 2/3 or all of them fit and we might get a solid defence then.