Why Always Ste
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Never slated him... always had faith in the guy as he has a proven record at Barca... granted it was a different club, bigger pull, but times they are a changin'
I think Lopes sees KDB coming in and sees what needs to be done. An obvious gifted player at a time where you're young and want to start getting settled in your career so not only do you want to play a lot of games, but you want stability. Loan after loan wasn't going to cut it so he decided against a new contract an off to a decent club where he can get comfortable and hopefully make his mark.(Monaco are being dubbed AS Portugal with the Portuguese connection forming) Only with this,we didn't force him out so if he reaches his potential and we look to bring him back(like Matic) hopefully he would choose us again based on his words after his move was completed.De Bruyne, Sterling, Otamendi, Delph, Roberts and Unal all in the same window. Three homegrown players and added youth, pace, width and creativity to our squad. Only qualm I have is selling Lopes. We should have signed him to a new contract then loaned him out. He has so much talent and he's only 19.......we will regret selling him. Generally though it was an excellent transfer window