Manu Garcia isn't even in the top five potential players at this club.
Who are the attacking midfielders with more potential? Kelechi not included
I'd go further, and say Manu isn't even in the Top 10 potential players. How he gets anywhere near the 1st team is the biggest mystery at the club. I can only assume he is one of those players who, in training, looks a lot better with better players around him (or cynically I could say it's that we spent a lot of money on him, at a very young age, and need to put him in the shop window for European teams- where his game may be more suited, and his reputation from his younger days will ensure we recoup some of the what we have spent on him... as we did with Lopes & Pozo!)
In the 20+ times I've watched him at EDS / U18 level he has never once been even close to being the stand out player on the pitch. in my opinion the following players have all shown more in U18's and EDS than Garcia ever has... Celina, Nemane, Barker, Brahim, Nmecha, & Bytyqi (before his injury)... plus Roberts despite never playing at EDS level... and Kelechi obviously. That's 8 attacking options, and I could name several other defensive-minded midfielders and defenders who I would also put in this list if I wasn't sticking just to attack-minded players!
Some of these aren't 'ready' yet... but in my opinion neither is Manu... and I have seen nothing in him to make me think he ever will be!
Back on topic... Musonda (along with Abraham & Swift) have been the 3 stand out players each time we have played a very good Chelsea team over the past couple of seasons. If Musonda is available on the cheap through a tribunal fee, and if he isn't a billy-big-bollocks, then I see no real harm in snapping him up. Although for me, making this signing, and bringing in another young midfielder (even if a more attack-minded one) before giving Evans a proper chance would be disappointing, as I still feel that with a bit of luck and a boost to his confidence, then Evans has the ability and mentality to make it at the highest level.
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