Any idea what the reason was?
He was a good kid but was never a city player in a million years. Lost the ball almost constantly, his first touch was piss poor and so was his awareness. His pressing was all too over excited as opposed to blocking passing lanes and timing it right - saw him charge in on defenders too often only for them to easily dribble it past him or take him completely out of the press with a simple one two. The games at the start of last season with him in the line up were like basketball games - having him in the team almost single handedly sacrificed all control we'd usually have over (almost) every games
He made almost everything look hard - all huff and puff, and his through balls were always telegraphed before hed even played them, nice finisher at times though.
Wish him all the best mind and tbh I'd expect he might be more suited to a team like atletico