Can't blame him really. Our record with English players in recent years is very poor. Average players like he is don't flourish with us.
It's no great loss but it has made us look stupid.
I respect his decision, but you have to question his mental fortitude if he decided after one sleepless night that he couldn't go ahead with the move having previously agreed to it. I don't know if the media or Villa fans reaction got to him, but he seemingly didn't have the self-belief that he could break into our team. That's fair enough, and I don't bear any grudges against him, but he may live to regret his decision.
Ah well, not the end of the world. He's made his decision and we'll move on to other targets. Schneiderlin would be an obvious choice, if we can gazump United. Otherwise we could go back in for Barkley. I guess much depends on how confident we are over Pogba and De Bruyne, and whether we need to save money for those deals.
Just hope we get definitive answers soon so that we can pursue other targets if need be. The worst thing would be to put all our eggs in one basket and be left high and dry.
No need to flap just yet though. Still plenty of time left in the transfer window so judge Begiristain on 1st September.
I don't believe for one minute his story about reading the reactions of the Villa fans and having a change of heart. He was hard faced enough to insert the dirt cheap buyout clause when he signed his new contract. He did that because he wanted to move to a bigger club. For me there is only two possible reasons he backed out. The first is that he didn't think he was good enough to get into our first team, but surely he would have realised the size of the challenge before agreeing in the first place. The second and this is the one I think more likely. He has been told he will lose his England place if he isn't a regular starter for us.
Probably more of a grain of truth in that mate.Our Woy probably had a word in his shell like and explained he possibly wouldn`t be considered if only playing a bit part at City.I don't believe for one minute his story about reading the reactions of the Villa fans and having a change of heart. He was hard faced enough to insert the dirt cheap buyout clause when he signed his new contract. He did that because he wanted to move to a bigger club. For me there is only two possible reasons he backed out. The first is that he didn't think he was good enough to get into our first team, but surely he would have realised the size of the challenge before agreeing in the first place. The second and this is the one I think more likely. He has been told he will lose his England place if he isn't a regular starter for us.
Micah
Careful Ric, I've been getting slaughtered for saying players like Schneiderlin could be a quality addition to the City team/squad, and can cost an awful lot less than some others.I respect his decision, but you have to question his mental fortitude if he decided after one sleepless night that he couldn't go ahead with the move having previously agreed to it. I don't know if the media or Villa fans reaction got to him, but he seemingly didn't have the self-belief that he could break into our team. That's fair enough, and I don't bear any grudges against him, but he may live to regret his decision.
Ah well, not the end of the world. He's made his decision and we'll move on to other targets. Schneiderlin would be an obvious choice, if we can gazump United. Otherwise we could go back in for Barkley. I guess much depends on how confident we are over Pogba and De Bruyne, and whether we need to save money for those deals.
Just hope we get definitive answers soon so that we can pursue other targets if need be. The worst thing would be to put all our eggs in one basket and be left high and dry.
No need to flap just yet though. Still plenty of time left in the transfer window so judge Begiristain on 1st September.
I don't believe for one minute his story about reading the reactions of the Villa fans and having a change of heart. He was hard faced enough to insert the dirt cheap buyout clause when he signed his new contract. He did that because he wanted to move to a bigger club. For me there is only two possible reasons he backed out. The first is that he didn't think he was good enough to get into our first team, but surely he would have realised the size of the challenge before agreeing in the first place. The second and this is the one I think more likely. He has been told he will lose his England place if he isn't a regular starter for us.
Probably more of a grain of truth in that mate.Our Woy probably had a word in his shell like and explained he possibly wouldn`t be considered if only playing a bit part at City.