Colin Bells Boots
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12 months ago he was getting ready to start in the champions league, now hes in the u23s.
This transfer was a really important one for the academy because the idea that you can be sold with a buyback and brought back is genuinely important to running the kind of academy that brings in money and brings through players.
At our level theres only space for 1 or 2 kids in the first team squad but we are producing much more than that. Loaning is sometimes an option but selling with clauses is a much better solution and if Angelino's return goes really badly then it'll be a big dent in getting kids and agents to agree to those deals.
I didnt expect him to play a ton unless Mendy got injured again, but it didnt think he'd be back in the u23's 6 years after he first played for them.
Can't imagine the player himself is too happy with the situation he finds himself in now.