Surprised Pep is still persisting with Eric since the news of him not extending came out. When Leroy wanted to leave Pep brought him along to every match and kept him on the bench.
It's a bargain, right now to some people it may seem a lot for a 22 year old but when Sterling signed for City it seemed way over priced, 5 years later he's worth 3x the price City paid imo and same with Van Dijk.
Have a gut feeling Pep is unsure about extending his stay and so the board are hesitant to splash on players just for him to leave in 10 months. Keeping cash for the next manager to buy players more suited to his style of play?
This has to be the worst pre season City have had under Pep. No friendly matches, couple of players coming back injured from international duties and no #9 or a LB coming in before the season starts.
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