I'm not having a meltdown or anything of the sort but please tell me how replacing Cancelo with Danilo is not a fucking joke?
Well I must admit my immediate reaction was negative. Not that we sold Cancelo per say, but why we needed to have Danilo in the deal as the rumors had suggested that we didn't want him as part of it but it was the condition critical for City to accept it. I am not sure if that is right but if true then its a compromise that is sub optimal.
I don't have a strong opinion on Danilo but if it is true that he is better defensively than Cancelo but offers a bit more going forward than De Sciglio then it may not be th end of the world while pocketing a nice plusvalensa that could be put to good use elsewhere.
One outcome of Sarri's style of play may be that he requires at least one of his full backs to be more defensively focussed and somewhat less adventurous while getting the midfield to be more adventurous in compensation.
So, RB is more defensive vs LB........Ramsey on the right is more aggressive while the RW is more wing back like. On the left, Sandro is the more adventurous one which allows Ronaldo to cut inside more while Rabiot is more defensive minded of the 2 mids flanking Pjanic.
There could be lots of reasons we will only know in the end.