Since when has Pavard turned into a left back also he describe himself as a central defender that can play right back? and we don’t play with a right or left back as such, we play with a 3 man back line with the outer having full back overlap duties in the offensive play and two wingback, which Pavard does not play.
But Pavard can’t really do the center role in a 3 man back line, it’s not really playing him to strength. Our team would also loose too much on the offensive side playing Bastoni there as well. Bisseck is also questionable in that position as it currently stands. We have two De Vrij and Acerbi that are well suited for that role. We don’t have the cover as the other two positions where we have 3-4 players that can play there, playing any other there is a risk and tend to disturb the balance of the team. We need that third coverage in the longest season we have yet to ever play.
Again Acerbi is 36 and De Vrij is 32, also It might not be bad getting one that actually can run while we are at it. Getting one of those injured which isn’t unrealistic (you know De Vrij) mean the other would play on end, having that third player make us far less vulnerable and give us a period to integrate the player.