If Toni Kroos comes that will be the best back four in the league? Makes sense. Firstly any defence with Rafael AND Jones cannot be considered the best in the league...secondly Kroos is a decent enough player but I'm not sure United need players in his mold. Someone who can sit a bit deeper would be more beneficial in my opinion.
Yeah, I have no idea how Kroos makes a back four the best and as yet Jones hasn't shown anything to suggest he'll be the best around. Most entertaining face, sure, maybe most likely to replace Vidic/Terry in doing fish impression while lying down in front of goal and headbutting the ground... definitely, but best, nope.
Hummels is also relatively prone to mistakes, but a massive step up from what they have. A huge bid for Varane would be a very good bet and, a bit early to think Stones will be the best around but for his age/experience he was exceptional this season, truly exceptional.
Rafael is a flake, he'll get a red card in a key game and ruin a season, and pick up multiple injuries. he concedes a lot of freekicks and hasn't moved any of the rashness out of his game at all. Shaw has a huge amount of potential, but that back four at current levels wouldn't be the best line up in the league.
Frankly Jag, Distin, baines and Coleman is better, if City buy a top notch CB to go alongside Kompany, they'd improve an already better back four. Coleman/Zabaleta are better defensively and offensively than Rafael IMHO, both less reckless. Kompany has had dodgy spells this year but is top notch still. Better than Jones by a damn mile.
Demichelis has been unfairly under rated this season, he's had his dodgy moments for sure, but it's his first year in the league and with this team. Very rarely is a defence or defender brilliant in their first season with a club(another reason why Utd wouldn't be better with 2 new players straight away, that is before you consider Jones/Rafael being injured fairly often). He has come on leaps and bounds though, Demichelis finished the season in very very good form.
Arsenal have crap fullbacks, simple as that, against Chelsea/Liverpool we were torn new ones for a reason, out of position/hopeless fullbacks. Chelsea are another team though with a top notch back four. Terry has been fantastic this year, Ivanovic is one of the best CB's and RB's around, him who no one should try to spell has been fantastic this year and Cahill has had a fantastic season.
Utd with Shaw/Jones/Hummels/Rafael would be for me, the 4th best defence if lucky, maybe 5th best and relies on two huge buys and two players being not injured so often.
