You're right, not many, if any young lads are going to be at the required standard straight away but that's the level this team is at now, and thats the level you need to be if you want to play for this football club.
We want to be, and remain the very best team around, that doesn't happen by weakening your squad to accommodate players that might one day be good enough. This is why our approach to loaning out players and selling them on with a buyback option is perfect for us, it takes away all the risk involved in playing youngsters with potential that may or may not ever be realised and for a small fee let's somebody else do the risky development phase enabling them to come back as the finished product. It's only because this method is still in its infancy and we're yet to see the full cycle happen that the inpatient amongst us take issue with this kind of deal. Lets remember he will be playing for Stuttgart next season not Bayern Munich and theres a reason for that. Would love to see him do well and come back but if not it only proves the correct decision was made in selling him.
