I understand there's a bias against players who screw your own club
But really from the established defenders i've listed I can't see any i'd take Bonucci over really. Myabe you could argue a lot of them wouldn't work in the way Bonucci works for us in the 3-5-2, but that's down to our system and not the abilities of the defender.
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Yeah but Zach that's implying Bonucci is actually a good defender because he's among the best in Serie A. But football does not revolve around Serie A, that's like arguing Zapata is a beast because a vast majority of countries around the World don't have a defender as good as he is
It means nothing, there are plenty of defenders out there who are better than Bonucci, most of them aren't World Class yet finding an upgrade for a player doesn't mean you need to buy some elite talent.
Its extremely simple to see why i said that.
We live in the worst generation of football in history. There is not a single good defender anymore. Juventus can grab the best centrebacks in italy, but outside italy, they are quite simply outcompeted.
Of your list, few would do better then bonucci here. Some would, and are absolutely impossible to get.
And for me, centreback is the most important position we need to look at, but there simply is nothing we can get apart from Nastasic perhaps. Unless Italy starts to produce an excellent centreback youth talent, be fucking happy we got bonbon.
And try to goddamn look at the times where his actions save us points, instead of the concentrationlaps he sometimes has.