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Isaac Hayden, Tafari Moore, Semi Ajayi and Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill are the regular defenders in the reserves but I would say only Hayden and Ajayi are CB's and neither is ready for first team football. We shipped out Vermaelen and Miquel and while the latter wasn't up to starting, he at least offered cover. We got a good price for Vermaelen but didn't re-invest that money.
Manolas, Medel, De Vrij, Vlaar, Benatia, Caulker, Reid all could have been signed with relative ease early in the window. We left it till the last minute, shat our pants and signed nobody.