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Godin has a 36m Euro release clause, so would've been a significant outlay. His defensive partnership with Miranda is the foundation of Simeone's Atletico team.
Manolas left Olympiakos for £8m and Medel for the same price.
There were plenty of good covering options out there for less than the £17m received for Miquel and Vermaelen.
Bayern have one of the best defences and best midfield in the world yet they still added Benatia as cover at CB and Xabi Alonso as cover in CDM. Arsenal have neither a worldclass CM or CB and added nobody.