Still reckon a decent shout for a homegrown centre back who can also play defensive midfield is Ben Godfrey. We were linked quite a bit pre Mourinho. Fee would likely be an issue but he was very highly rated before Norwich's 2nd half of the season shitshow.
I think he likely costs way too much but if the price is reasonable he makes way more sense than the Korean Monster.
Maybe we can use the fact that Skipp is going to single handily bring them back up to the Prem as a leverage point. Surely the money he will make them from promotion could cut some of the asking price for Godfrey down.