We do need a quality DM, Bouba’s gonna be out for a while and I’d ideally like us to have more genuine competition in the squad next season, and better options especially if we’re competing in the CL. Central midfield (especially defensively) is light… we need to be able to cope better with (and hopefully avoid many/serious) injuries…
We’ve also been linked to Joao Gomes but not sure there’s anything in that…
Have seen several reports over the last few months that we’ve had scouts at Porto games so Varela makes sense…
Palacios is another we’ve been linked to…