When a move to Real Madrid or Barca is more likely than going to Bayern
Why is that?
Real and Barca would be much more competitive and risky in terms of playing time.
Wages could be higher than rumoured figures from BMU, maybe. But not much.
Then we have the home nation point.
More likely? Nah.
It all depends on Leroy, but we simply don't have a clue what is important for him and his family.
As he is now being advised by Beckham and his cronies who want to make him a brand, they will push for him to go to a higher profile club, the likes of Real and Barca to create that image.
Nothing would beat being the poster boy in his own country,i think if he was up for it he would have jumped at the chance and be long gone by nowAs he is now being advised by Beckham and his cronies who want to make him a brand, they will push for him to go to a higher profile club, the likes of Real and Barca to create that image.
Last time I checked, the Premier League still draws the highest global television audience of any football league, so it would make sense for him to stay right where he is in order to build that brand.
Ok, let's assume the financial offer was perfect for him and it was only about minutes then.
There is only 1 thing that decides about playing time under Pep (if fit), you simply have to show you are better than your team mates.
Any player has to show that, in training and on the pitch, then Pep would pick him.
Not regularly of course under our concept of rotation in 4 competitions, but between 3,500 and 4,000 minutes per season, for a forward/winger.
Leroy can't "wait" to see if he get's minutes, he has to deliver any single day - burning desire. Ask Pep.
That's what he has to do to find out if he gets in the team as you say.
It seems it wasn't enough somehow last season, even compared to Mahrez, not to Raz and Bernardo.
That's why I would prefer to assume there indeed were financial reasons, because the other option would be much worse:
it would be a long standing secret agreement between Leroy and BMU, and we shouldn't even think about that.
Theres no real incentive for City to withdraw the offer.
Even if the injury was catastrophic and made him half the player, making his 60k a week contract 180k would cost the club 6m a year. They would more than make that up in transfer fee just by virtue of him not having 12 months left next summer or him walking on a free in 2021.
Plus this is the club who just gave Mangala a 1 year deal while he recovered from injury....like you said its not how we operate.
Why is that?
Real and Barca would be much more competitive and risky in terms of playing time.
Wages could be higher than rumoured figures from BMU, maybe. But not much.
Then we have the home nation point.
More likely? Nah.
It all depends on Leroy, but we simply don't have a clue what is important for him and his family.