Well this £6mill figure is dependent on progress we haven’t forked out anything like that. Gibson is quite a big lad for a 17 year old but the two left sided defenders who kept him out , Latibeaudiere and Panzo look even bigger , but you’re right a talented squad with even Gomes the Man U starlet not starting and Sancho back in Germany.
There’s no doubt that in terms of quality of their squads and money put into their facilities Chelsea and City are far ahead of us but that can be a disadvantage too, Panzo and Guehi the Chelsea pair have good players of a similar age / bit older ahead of them like Ampadu , Chalobah and probably others I’m not aware of. Gibson and Feeney are our best two young defenders , maybe add in Foulds , and they all have potentially a better path towards the first team if they prove good enough. We’ve proved that in the past. It’s disappointing that Gibson didn’t get more game time but he remains a youngster with exciting potential for us, though his next job is to displace Foulds or Garbutt from the U23s , nothing like healthy competition to keep him on his toes.
. It’s a big leap from U23s to PL and none should be seen as the next saviour but who knows maybe end of season , injuries etc. For me the two defenders I mentioned Morgan Feeney and Lewis Gibson are very promising but require further developing before being ready for consideration.
