It wouldn't hurt to have Caceres. He wouldn't cost anything (other than Galliani's high agent fees and stupid salaries). The only concern is that we already have Romagnoli, Gomez, Paletta, Zapata (he should be back in October right? It's not like he will be out until the spring or something). Just there we have 4 competent CBs imo. They might not be top of the notch, but they are competent and a couple (Romagnoli + Gomez) have time on their side to become world class hopefully. On top of that we still have Ely and Vergara, who even though don't play, they still collect a salary (sure, I know it's low but paying any type of salary to a player that won't see the field is just bad management)....but what's more important, they will count towards the 25 man squad limit this year and we are already at that number. So at least one of them will have to leave for Caceres to come in any case.
So in other words, even though Caceres is clearly better than Vergara and Ely, he will require a salary of 2+mil at least and he will probably only be the 3rd,4th,5th choice CB (depending on form). I'm just afraid that we keep bloating up the squad with players that we will struggle to get rid of later on anyway.
NOW, having said that....the way that our fullbacks are performing presently (every single one of them), I wouldn't mind bringing in Caceres to possibly play as a fullback. He is not brilliant going forward (but seriously, neither are the ones we currently have) but he is solid when defending. It's just a question of how well he is doing after his injury.
So in other words, even though Caceres is clearly better than Vergara and Ely, he will require a salary of 2+mil at least and he will probably only be the 3rd,4th,5th choice CB (depending on form). I'm just afraid that we keep bloating up the squad with players that we will struggle to get rid of later on anyway.
NOW, having said that....the way that our fullbacks are performing presently (every single one of them), I wouldn't mind bringing in Caceres to possibly play as a fullback. He is not brilliant going forward (but seriously, neither are the ones we currently have) but he is solid when defending. It's just a question of how well he is doing after his injury.