By the end of tomorrow, it’s possible we won’t have a single fit central defender at the club. Tomkins was out yesterday. Collins went off injured, and if the Sunday Mirror is to be believed (and it usually isn’t) Liverpool are about to table a £6.5 million bid for Winston Reid. No wonder 16 year old Reece Oxford was on the bench yesterday. He and Reece Burke would be the only central defenders left! In theory Demel, O’Brien and Kouyate can all play there, but it’s not exactly an ideal situation when we are about to play Manchester United!
The Mirror allege that former Spurs defender Vedran Corluka may be brought in from Spartak Moscow. Not a bad player, it has to be said.
I don’t want to lose Reid, but he’s clearly determined to leave the club that gave him his opportunity, so if we can get £6 million for him, I suspect the club will see it as a reasonable bit of business, but only if they can bring someone else in to replace him first.
The story about Enner Valencia going to Chelsea also won’t go away, although I find it difficult to believe that it will actually happen.