Maffeo and Angelino loaned to Girona

Sagna > Maffeo > Zabaleta

I will be really sad if we didn't give Maffeo a chance to prove himself next season.

As you all know he was MOTM against United but unfortunately Pep didn't reward him more minutes after his brilliant performance.
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
Isn't the end game to get them ready for a place in City's team? If so, they've both already done the overseas loans. Sending them out again only serves political agendas and not the development of the players in question.
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I can quite understand a coach helping out a family member with loanees in a mutually beneficial sceneario, as this has happened before. However, the idea that Pep would knowingly and purposely foresake his own and his clubs future ambitions to help a family member's career (if that's what's being suggested) is frankly ridiculous.
 
steviemc said:
I can quite understand a coach helping out a family member with loanees in a mutually beneficial sceneario, as this has happened before. However, the idea that Pep would knowingly and purposely foresake his own and his clubs future ambitions to help a family member's career (if that's what's being suggested) is frankly ridiculous.
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I think it's a case of paying back favours to the Guardiola family. It's quite clear Txixi was keeping them sweet to ensure Pep's arrival. Now he must continue to do so.

I don't think it's a case of forsaking his own or the clubs ambitions, just the players being pimped out.
 
Both Maffeo and Angelino hardly got a sniff so far this season, but I like to think the management agrees they have a future at City and need minutes rather than warm the bench or play with the EDS. Despite growing impatient, we need to leave it with the ones who work with these lads on a daily basis. The PL is by far the most difficult league for a youngster to develop. Doesn't say it's a better league, it's just that it's physically hard based on tempo, physicality (if that is a word), games come and go, and the finances at stake.

I just wonder how Gerona is a good enough club for them two to develop.
 
No bother with Angelino going out on loan as he's a long way off ready for the first team imo, but sending Maffeo out is madness, he's shown enough to deserve some game time in the first team and there's a good chance we'll need Sagna to cover the centre back positions at some stage.
 
steviemc said:
I can quite understand a coach helping out a family member with loanees in a mutually beneficial sceneario, as this has happened before. However, the idea that Pep would knowingly and purposely foresake his own and his clubs future ambitions to help a family member's career (if that's what's being suggested) is frankly ridiculous.
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Or that Pep is the only person who has sign-off on such a deal.
 
it is amazing that the experts on here have managed to gather all the relevant information needed in order to make an informed decision on the benefits - or otherwise -
of these loan decisions. Personally, I was going to make do with an emotional reaction, which I was then going to fob off on the ignorance and/or agenda of the club
and its staff. Guess this thread has shown me the error of my ways....
 
So let me get this right.

Our coach, arguably the best in the world who learnt his trade in the Spanish 2nd division with Barca B and was responsible for bringing through a generation of footballers who turned into the backbone of possibly the best club side in history, is being criticised for sending two of our best prospects along the same path, and yet these people who are criticising probably have no experience above the level of park football or Football Manager?

Business as usual on Bluemoon then!!
 
You seriously think this is a good move? If at this stage in his career he isn't an option then he never will be. Zab is on the wane and sagna whilst solid defensively offers zero in attack ,bear in mind pep wants attacking fullbacks. How does this help? Going to a rubbish team, really!
 
Richie said:
So let me get this right.

Our coach, arguably the best in the world who learnt his trade in the Spanish 2nd division with Barca B and was responsible for bringing through a generation of footballers who turned into the backbone of possibly the best club side in history, is being criticised for sending two of our best prospects along the same path, and yet these people who are criticising probably have no experience above the level of park football or Football Manager?

Business as usual on Bluemoon then!!
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A sensible post, like a breath of fresh air.

B\connellblue said:
If at this stage in his career he isn't an option then he never will be.
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Please tell me you aren't being serious.

He's 19.
 
I don't think Angelino is anywhere near the first team and don't think he ever will be. But I really surprised about loaning maffeo to a second rate Spanish team. Surely it would have been better to loan him to a decent championship team.
 
Our coaching team have Pep who was responsible for introducing a lot of the youth team into the Barca squad, Kidd who developed the best crop of young players the rags had, Arteta who has seen youth players develop at both Everton and Arsenal, they see these players day in day out at training, whereas they might get things wrong I am pretty sure their decisions will be better informed than ours.
 
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