After yet another game where we concede 3 goals, and with Skrtel at the heart of the defence, I think it's safe to say 2 centre halves are the absolute minimum requirement this Summer.
Until we know definitely, then we have to exclude Sakho for next season. Skrtel has to be upgraded and sold, no question about it, but even two new centre halves leaves us with Lovren, Matip, new centre half + Gomez.
We don't know how long term injury will affect Gomez, and he's only a rookie anyway.
After all that money spent and two successive seasons of transition bedding in multiple signings, next season should have been one of stability.
It's looking like 4 of the back 5 will have to be new faces, in addition to at least one starter in midfield. Half a new team yet again to bed in.
Smith's done himself no favours and with us being linked with several left backs, including Caner Erkin who's on a free, Cologne’s Jonas Hector (valuation circa £6.5M), Leicester's Ben Chilwell (no doubt the most expensive) and Lorient's Raphael Guerreiro, we could even see two new left backs.
Whether it's worth trying to convert Moreno to a left winger or left sided attacker, I'm not sure, and where and how would he fit in the team in that sort of position anyway?
