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Him and Dan Gore in the match day squad according to Twitter so hopefully he gets some minutes off the bench as I expect Dalot to be left back but you never know.
It’s not the mid 90s though. Players aren’t told to go out there and enjoy yourself. There’s pressure triggers, inverted FB aspects of the game to learn at the top level these days.
Every training session and game on loan will have been analysed to death. We may not know what he would bring but the manager and coaching staff 100 percent do. This idea of just playing youngsters to see what they can do is outdated as feck.
He is as slow as a wet week so I don't think England is for him.Same but it’s looking like a loan with an option to buy right now. Maybe he can be convinced to stay by getting a run in the first team though? Looks like he could be decent?
Exactly this. Most of Rashford's breakthrough was a 'right place, right time' type situation. Even if Fernandez isn't that level of talent, how will you ever know if you don't give them the opportunity? We've become extremely risk averse with young players in recent years.
100% agree with you. Just making a general point about the youth players.It's always better to have backup players from the academy than hiring a 34 year old free agent cleaning the bench. I'm not saying all academy players need to be promoted, but when it's a choice between Bertrand and Fernandez, I won't be able to digest it if we sign the former and sell the latter.
Set to move to Benfica on a permanent deal apparently
https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...e-alvaro-fernandez?ref=HP_DestaquesPrincipais
I really hope there’s a buy back and sell on clause. The fee is a joke. Burnley bid £31.5m for Maatsen.Set to move to Benfica on a permanent deal apparently
https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...e-alvaro-fernandez?ref=HP_DestaquesPrincipais
That's how Benfica work, there no doubt will be.I really hope there’s a buy back and sell on clause. The fee is a joke. Burnley bid £31.5m for Maatsen.
I like him, but we don't really need him to be honest. With Malacia coming back and Dalot being more than capable at LB, we have more than enough cover there. It's a decent chunk of profit as well for FFP.Disappointed if he's off. Would love to see him as part of the squad
I like him, but we don't really need him to be honest. With Malacia coming back and Dalot being more than capable at LB, we have more than enough cover there. It's a decent chunk of profit as well for FFP.
Oh yeah, there's a lot of hype around him as well.Harry Amass looks a better prospect there as well
I’d rather sell Malacia. Is he really that much better with some weird unknown injury that’s kept him out for months that could be a sign of long term things to come? We should have given this guy more of a chance
I believe we have. Don't think it'll ever be exercised, but it seems to be standard operating procedure for these types of deals.At least put a buy back option in this deal
The thing is though I think people moan because they don't see these players getting a chance to prove themselves before they are shipped out. I don't think a single person would complain if they got some gametime and shown that they were not good enough before being shipped out. All people see is how good they are at youth level, given almost negligable (if any) senior minutes and then they are gone and I think it leaves people with the idea that we aren't giving this youth a chance. I personally don't see that Malacia is all that much better than Fernandez but that seems irrelevant.People always get upset when we sell academy players, they’re not all going to make it here, it’s the right thing to do to sell now.
How many academy players have we sold/ released in the past 10 years that we’ve actually regretted?
Only examples I can think of since I joined the Caf in 2008 were letting Pique and Pogba go (the first time) - and both of those were completely outside the club's control, rather than us actively selling unwanted players.People always get upset when we sell academy players, they’re not all going to make it here, it’s the right thing to do to sell now.
How many academy players have we sold/ released in the past 10 years that we’ve actually regretted?
This has been a popular view on twitter but Benfica don't always get it right. One of the reasons they do well is because they sign a lot of young players with potential which increases both the hit and miss ratio.Weird. Hope we've got a buyback or something because if Benfica want him that's probably a good sign.
Only examples I can think of since I joined the Caf in 2008 were letting Pique and Pogba go (the first time) - and both of those were completely outside the club's control, rather than us actively selling unwanted players.
I’d rather sell Malacia. Is he really that much better with some weird unknown injury that’s kept him out for months that could be a sign of long term things to come? We should have given this guy more of a chance
Right, there haven't been any. Yet looking at the reactions in each of the sale threads over the years, you'd think we've been losing out on Ballon d'Or tier talent.True, but those two left more than 10 years ago.
I can't think of any academy player that has left in the past 10 years that has been at the level of Pique or Pogba when they left us.
He's 16, surely he's years away from even being considered for the first team, whereas Fernandez could easily get a lot of games right now given Shaw and Malacia injury records.Harry Amass looks a better prospect there as well