Perhaps we have buyers lined up for Tiago or Poulsen, or even both...I read a rumour somewhere that we were aiming to concrete Caceres' move through sending Poulsen to barca.
Lets say just Poulsen leaves. Momo is absent with leave for January, which trims the central midfield options down to Melo, Marchiso, Tiago. NONE of whom have been in steady decent form this season. Marchiso has shone in patches, but not at all consistently, and yes I am taking his injury into account.
the big IF is IF we are going to persevere with a 3 man centrally positioned midfield. IF so, Gago or another of similar ilk, would be needed.
I could not agree more that we desperately need, above all else, reinforcements, or straight out replacements for central defence first and foremost. But the defence has been made to look worse than I truly feel it is, or could be, through the failing of our various midfield lineups.
With Camo out for a while, its even more likely we will adopt a straight 3, NOT an offensive trio. Again, this lends weight to the purchase, or loan, of a central midfielder.