If he plays a full season with Girona, either we will bring him back or we won't depending how he performs. If we don't we will be able to tell if we are potentially making a mistake if after a season in La Liga one of the top Spanish teams are trying to buy him. I don't see how being a fringe player for us is better for developing and monitoring a player than playing first team La Liga football for Girona.Like most, I want to see youth given a chance but Maffeo was shipped out when full back wise we were at breaking point and then this Summer the club/Pep have decided to spend £80m on right backs. If he has been unable to get himself into this team over the past 12 months, I very much doubt he ever will. Rightly or wrongly Maffeo has 0% chance of making it at this club.
Like most, I want to see youth given a chance but Maffeo was shipped out when full back wise we were at breaking point and then this Summer the club/Pep have decided to spend £80m on right backs. If he has been unable to get himself into this team over the past 12 months, I very much doubt he ever will. Rightly or wrongly Maffeo has 0% chance of making it at this club.
So I give an example of them bringing kids through when they're doing badly, and the reply is "Oh it's easy when you're doing badly".
I give an examle of them bringing kids through when they're doing well, and the reply is "Oh it's easy when you're doing well".
I see you've come up with some very nice mental gymnastics there.
No, there will never be this Utopian time when the club is stable and we're winning and everyone's happy and kids get handed out chances because "what's the harm!?".
You're setting a standard no other club in the world ever sets, just like the people who think kids need 10 year experience in a top division before they can get given a chance.
Would Kane be where he is now without his loans, not in my opinion. Would Deli Alli be where he is now without regular football at MK Dons, again don't think so.There are more examples of players needing loans than those going straight into the first team, at least at champions league level teams.No, there will never be this Utopian time when the club is stable and we're winning and everyone's happy and kids get handed out chances because "what's the harm!?".
You're setting a standard no other club in the world ever sets, just like the people who think kids need 10 year experience in a top division before they can get given a chance.
We could go on all day.
Do you think Maffeo is good enough?
If he's not kicked on after a big money move, why are we giving them their money back and taking on the risk ourselves? Nobody does that with our bunch. Rightly so. I don't know a great deal but it feels like not making an impact after a 30m move would reduce your value?
Would Kane be where he is now without his loans, not in my opinion. Would Deli Alli be where he is now without regular football at MK Dons, again don't think so.There are more examples of players needing loans than those going straight into the first team, at least at champions league level teams.
If he plays a full season with Girona, either we will bring him back or we won't depending how he performs. If we don't we will be able to tell if we are potentially making a mistake if after a season in La Liga one of the top Spanish teams are trying to buy him. I don't see how being a fringe player for us is better for developing and monitoring a player than playing first team La Liga football for Girona.
I wonder what knock effect this has on our other transfer business? I think its fair to say that buying Danilo instead of signing Alvez means we are spending 30m more than we expected to, on the 2nd right back.