He desperately needs to play senior football somewhere to take the next step. He needs to face quicker defenders who reads the game far better than the kids at youth football does. He has all the tools to become world class but he needs to play senior football to get there. I can’t see him getting more than 400-500 minutes if he stays here this season so either we sell him with a buy back clause or we extend his contract and loan him out.
Yeah that's what I was referring to in my earlier post. If he wants to stay then with his talent levels we ought to let him. If he wants to fight then let him.He won’t extend and doesn’t want a loan so who knows. He’s betting on himself here and I have to respect that.
Sign him up to a long term contract. What happens after that? Well, that’s up to him!
If we keep him, it is money well spent. If we sell him, with a sell on clause, we will recoup any and all money spent.That’s not really our style to ‘just pay it’ but I think we need to get it done.
If we keep him, it is money well spent. If we sell him, with a sell on clause, we will recoup any and all money spent.
One of the problems with NOT signing such players up to long term deals is losing them for nothing. Our model is based on selling on any talent that isn’t First Team squad talent, and cultivating the next wave, and the next, and the next.
I honestly don’t know what kind of money he is looking for, but there are only about two or three teams in the world that can pay the talent we can pay, and I don’t see any of them lining up to pay him a fortune. Maybe they are willing to pay him a little with a big bonus upfront. However, City can do the same thing, with a loyalty bonus, etc, etc, etc... There are numerous ways to skin the cat, but I doubt City are going to restructure how they have just rebuilt their internal operations for Brahim Diaz!
If it’s about minutes, he needs to mature, and that doesn’t happen playing 5 minutes per month at City.So we’re clear here, and I’m speculating, I don’t think he cares about the financial aspects of this deal as a young player. It’s more about getting minutes and breaking through and THEN getting paid at 21-24. He’s at an age where he can’t really showcase himself here for the bigger deal. Sancho is my example, Rony too. You can’t linger here if you’re a fringe star.