Except that's not true at all, he was barely in the team when he first went there. Partly because of Schmidt and then when he did play he wasn't pulling up any trees.
He was also there for 6 months last season
Not only is it true it's literally what facilitated the deal, the only caveat is we could have convinced him to stay but obviously chose not to.
Playing him in every game is developing him. Who knows what way he could have gone in our team in the PL. He's gotten great experience starting for a major team in a handy league. I'm not saying it's worth the 10m quid it would cost us to get him back or that we did a great job with his sale, but it's not nothing.
Probably not one that would have also given us a €20m buyback option though.
I think typically our loaning out choices fail to place the players at the right club to expose their ability and attract bids that warrant their value frustratingly, While a lot of us saw the potential he was sent to Granada where he would never be able to demonstrate his better qualities (Attacking) so it was pointless.
Both ballers. Had the same thought myself
Also although he's undoubtedly been good, I'd evaluate him after a bigger sample of playing time. And this comes from someone who actually came to redcafe after his superb CL performance against Atletico Madrid to ask why United let him go. No need to rush things with that buy back. Let him keep evolving and proving himself.
Absolutely. There’s no issues nor any rush.
Supposedly it does expire in 2026, but that's still plenty of time to let him develop properly as you say.
This won't happen except in the minds of a few drama queens on here.
What a load of bollocks
Why would Sporting entertain bids for Benfica players?
So the club inserted a buy back clause in the deal that’s utterly pointless? Sounds reasonable.
They seem like pretty bog standard solid advice to young player quotes to me.
Does anyone actually still expect Ten Hag to be manager by the time the transfer window opens?
