Gareth Barry Conlon
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We flog our loans out abroad where no one has cash so then they drive hard deals.
If we loaned to english clubs who have cash to burn, you only need one to perform and instantly you have a big transfer fee.
Iheanacho to leicester for £25-30m should have proven that the best market to sell to is england. He was semi proven in england so we got good money, and yet still now the vast majority of our players go on loan to spain or holland
Not sure it is that simple. We buy these kids in with minimal experiance or none in terms of top level football. Why would a smaller PL club take a punt on a player they have no stake in. Why would they not find some other youngster they can buy outright with potential and look to max out any profit. Nacho was slightly different in that he had played a lot of games and scored goals before we let him go. They either want some assurance of a quality player or they want a stake in the uplift in value if they come good or both. Hence buy back deals can work well.