What makes Betancur guranteed in January? Talk was for next season, what changed?
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Bentancur is guaranteed officially until next summer, as Marotta firmly expressed they are getting him, and as Angelici confirmed. The option expires by then.
But his signing being on january and not on july is my assumption, because Angelici said that Juve already confirmed to him they are buying the guy and he is already going to Torino to make it official.
They could wait till july to do it, and it would enter the books only for the following season, but they are anticipating it. The reason seems to me is that he will be brought in january, specially considering Lemina's presence in African Cup and uncertainty if Witsel will be allowed by the Russians to arrive in January.
So yep, in january it's just me. But till july it is a sure thing.
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the Cup is played between 14th January and 5th February when the final is. during that period, we will play 4 games, maybe 5 if the Coppa is then. 5 CMs for 3 spots is enough, even if one of them gets injured, considering we can always go 442. also, by your logic we need a CB too since Benatia will leave for the AFCON too and we will stay with 4 CBs for 3 spots
But there are travels, training with the team, etc. Guys usually lose a month, in a critical moment of the season. I'm sure it's more than 4 games.
And they come back tired from it, with a drop on performance.
I really don't think they will run the risk of having 5 guys for 3 spots, specially with some of them injury's history.
CB situation is different, as we could switch to 2 defenders if needed or play Evra or even Licht as a LCB/RCB.