2+1 is eminently sensible in this case given his injury record. Not sure about the 're-balancing' project though, we now have four right-footed full backs and one injured left-sided one!
I've not seen much mentioned, but a couple of this summers signings have been 3 year deals, with a year extension in the clubs favour. Seems to have been since GG arrived. If so, well done, great step forward and protects our interests much better than previously. The club are learning.
He started the season as Bree's understudy at RB, didn't he? He then played LB due to White's injury and then went off to the AFCON. He's arguably multi-positional, valuable asset if we can retain him.