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There are question marks with Skriniar, he really dropped off in a three man defence last season. Before that he was unquestionably in the top 5 serie A defenders (koulibaly, de vrij, chiellini and Bonucci) and he is considerably younger than those other four.It depends really. Page 1-30 of this thread had him as too slow and overpriced. The last 30 or so pages as we move closer to deadline day have him as a beast of a CH, rated in the top 10 in the World, worth at least double what Inter want for him. Take your pick really.
A lot of early commentators were focusing on the fact that Godin took his spot and this season without really knowing who he was. For whatever reason Serie A seems to very much be ignored despite it being the strongest it has been since calciopoli.
People should be excited. Even the idea that he is 'slow' comes from a misunderstanding of what went wrong for him last season. He is far from slow. It just came from some articles suggesting he struggled with having players run at him in a 3 man defence. But that comes more from him being a player that is very eager to win the ball and presses very strongly, and can be caught out doing so. Even this is just based on one season for. Where he wasn't even that bad, just a significant drop in performance.