For me, Mina is still somewhat of an unproven quantity as while he did have some strange games, there wasn't a sustained period and that's the acid test.
I'd be very surprised if Keane doesn't start the season as one of the first choice centre half, even if we do sign Zouma.
What do you mean by strange games mate?. He had a season wrecked by injury, which I admit is concerning, and was only able to start 7 Premier League games. But he was my MOM in at least 1 of those games and overall I thought he did very well considering his lack of fitness and being a newcomer to the league. Also 4 of those games he started were away to the teams that finished in the 4 champions league positions.
I think it's important that we have strong competition for places and I'd be delighted if we had Keane, Mina and Zouma to choose from for the CB positions. In fact I would be happy to start with any combination, albeit I'd feel safer with Zouma starting in games were Silva intends to play a higher line. However I'd be lying if I said that, of the 3, Mina is the one that I most want to succeed. Not only is he potentially a beast in the opposing area, he also looks to have an absolutely fantastic personality, a real character. It's a long time since our fans have had a proper hero. And I mean a proper one in the Alex Young/Duncan McKenzie mould. I think this guy could be the next one.