Yeah, he's had a damn rough run; which is sad despite his lacerated liver from when he played for Sevilla in 2011, he was pretty much injury free for Conte's first two seasons more or less. Hopefully with having spent the best part of half a season on the side-lines, and a break between now and next season, he will have the opportunity to heal properly. However in the instance that we keep Caceres, and we're bringing in Rugani, I'm all for shipping Ogbonna out on loan for a season, either to see if he can show some of that old Torino form, or if nothing else, playing week in and week out, if his displays might boost his market value a little bit. Caceres however, providing he can be kept healthy, must be kept at all costs! His grinta, his tackling and man marking, his speed, and aerial ability (for a relatively short fella) combined with his versatility in being able to deputise along the entire backline, is all too valuable to relinquish..

That's a bit short IMO, I agree it shouldn't be too long either for the reason you mention, I think 2018 or 19 might be reasonable, that way we're not too rushed into selling before an impending free-transfer/end of contract release, should we be unable to keep him.