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Southgate explains Huth logic
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate does not believe that his defence has been severely weakened by the departure of Robert Huth.Southgate allowed the Germany defender to join Stoke City in a £5million move towards the end of the recently completed transfer window.
The Boro boss still believes he has enough quality defenders to help the club win promotion back to the Premier League.
He explained: "If I look at (David) Wheater, (Emanuel) Pogatetz, (Chris) Riggott before I go into our younger group of (Rhys) Williams, (Seb) Hines and (Jonathan) Grounds, who've all got experience at this level, we've got three centre-halves there who'd be as good as there is in this division.
"Chris helped Stoke get promotion two years ago when he was on loan and he was outstanding for us last season.
"Emanuel statistically has been our best defender over the last three years so, in a sense, if there was a position where we always felt we might have to lose somebody, it was centre-back."