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Airal prowess was there only weakness as a partnership, but it only really hurt us attacking corners imo not defending. As individual players they were both incredible defenders and 2 of our all time greats.
There defensive record speaks for themselves and I agree our defensive problems come from our soft midfield.
Sanchez is still young van dijk didn't becoming van dijk until his mid to late 20s. Sanchez is an athletic freak and with the right partner can blossom.
Idk about skriniar I'm skeptical about his pace and his heading ability.
Sanchez is not an athletic freak and will never develop into VVD. Sanchez is pretty quick once he gets going, he's not super rapid and 90% of the time against a powerful quick forward he loses out completely so how can he be this athletic freak, he has no idea on how to use his body and from his lack of progress in this area, never really will. He doesn't have the defensive brain of VVD, positioning, aerial ability, or strength. He is so far from VVD.
Why is everyone so hung up on pace and footballing ability for a CB. If a CB is great at reading the game and positionally aware of danger, that nullifies most pace. Skriniar is many times better in the air than Sanchez.