Let's hope he and Hanley can both benefit from Rafa's coaching team, and philosophies.
Is Hanley really only 25? This could be a massive season for him, I think Lascelles, because he's captain, and Mbemba, cos he's Mbemba, will be our main Defensive pairing, but I'm sure their will be times that we switch to 3 CBs, and Mbemba will be going to ACON, or will he?
I can definitely see Hanley developing into a defender who is ready for the PL, Clark has had a crack with a lesser management team and could earn himself a second crack at it.
I find it hard to find negatives in what the club are doing under the wise guidance of Senor Benitez.
Even if they amount to nothing more than Williamson level, I still trust Rafa to get more from them than Pardew, or Carver did.
Yeah, we'll be without Mbemba, Lazaar, Atsu and Diame due to ACON.