Well 3 years is 3 years. And Bonbons game is going to old good, he is slow as a turtle already, he can not possibly become slower. Chiello is a force though, without his physical tools (and I'm not talking about recent pic) he is useless.
And, tbh, top and young defender is something you don't meet very often. Are we sure De Licht (or whoever young) is so good he should walk in our starting 11?
point is our def composed by:
Barzagli 37years old retiring
Chiellini 34years old he may has 2-3more years depending
Bonucci 31years old
Benatia 31years old
Rugani 24years old he played 180mins since the start of the season.
Next summer Barzagli will retire 100%, Chiellini gonna be a year older, Bonucci and Benatia gonna be 32 and Rugani will probably ask to leave.
In this defence I'd keep only Chiellini and Benatia and bring in 2 defenders. One young and promising to lauch istantly and one with experience ready to sub in case of need.
All I know is that I would never drop Giorgio. He is our defence.
Bonucci is liability.
Benatia is a solid defender.
I dunno if De Ligt is ready or not.
But I would definetely steal Koulibaly and set our defense for some years.
We've had 3 years to evaluate Rugani and he doesn't fit in.
So gimme Chiellini-Koulibaly monster defense and Benatia-Bonucci as subs.
Still old but at least we'll have a younger starter.
Bringing Bonussi back was a huge mistake. Now we can't move on in defense