I agree with you. De Zerbi is known for being open and risky football but we're going to get torn apart by good counter attacking teams if we don't have a solid midfield and faster defenders. If we can't get a defensive midfielder in this window and we don't start using Igor (who I presume is...
We're really going to struggle with Newcastle's midfield/press but if we bypass that then we can defo get goals. If Botman is out then they'll either have Burn or Lascelles in the middle with Livramento or Matt targett LB. Not a great defence is it