If you bring one more centre - back to partner Smalling, which we would recommend, you'll need to offload one, and
Rojo seems the obvious candidate.
Whilst
Rojo seems to be happier playing in the same position, we paid # 30 million for Luke Shaw, who from what I have seen to date is a much better player at left - back than Rojo.
Not exact matches
Moving
Rojo to the left, when Shaw came off (which was a terrible sub considering Bellerin was booked and they should've doubled up on him),
seemed to be because he was struggling with the movement of Ozil in the middle, and kept being drawn playing out of the line, (which was evident in our first goal where he drifted forward towards OX but did nt try to tackle).
Considering
Rojo cost United # 16m (per BBC Sport) when he arrived from Sporting Lisbon in 2014, Valencia's valuation
seems pretty cheap.
There's certainly room for improvement in defense, and the rumor mill has offered up Monaco right - back Fabinho and Southampton's Jose Fonte as possible upgrades on the unconvincing Marcos
Rojo and the apparently disfavored Matteo Darmian, but any further improvements will probably have to be made on a one - in, one - out basis, and it
seems a little late for that.
The Dutchman has added Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Marcos
Rojo to his squad, but it
seems clear that they will target further additions before the end of the month, when the window shuts.
.@aksakaria Looked good at the WC but even though Blind and
Rojo can play different positions
seems strange to sign them and Shaw.
Rojo, on the other hand, is able to play the role of ball - playing defender, but Mourinho
seems to have successfully instilled a defensive mentality in the Argentine.
Full - backs Fabricio Bustos and Nicolas Tagliafico didn't help, but it was Otamendi and
Rojo who, when Spain's forwards rushed at them,
seemed to just stand around like training cones.
Mourinho on Marcos
Rojo eating a banana on the pitch, which
seems to raise some questions as if many had never seen a banana before:
Our defence still looks shaky, and it
seems Rojo is struggling somewhat with the cut and thrust of the Premier League.
I chose the beach at
Rojo for the featured image (top of the page) as it somehow
seemed fitting of our adventure that day.