I left out Kompany since he ' s been spending 45 games in recovery for every half game he ' s playedAnd yet left in players like Gomez and Zouma who have both been out of action since October 2015 and February 2016 respectively . I am also not sure Ilori is a great player to include for Liverpool and Terry has missed more action than Kompany this season hasn ' t he ? I don ' t know man I feel like I hear every single day how incredible the City academy is but whenever injuries start to mount up you guys buy in again . You have 19 year olds like Tosin who could fill in occasional games in League Cup matches and then you have your first team CBs in Stones , Otamendi and when fit Kompany who can have players like Fernando and Kolarov rotate in for them . Fair enough if you ' re looking for a senior CB to replace Kompany and partner Otamendi but I guess the original question How many CBs do City need ? is because every summer transfer window now you ' ve spent 50 m on a new CB and still don ' t have a stable partnership .