Romeo Lavia

[FantasyIreland]

You have to trust our youth and EDS management staff though. They have just enjoyed a second clean sweep of honours at all levels. We have made a lot of money from selling on Academy players and very few of them (If any) have gone on to be truly elite players. The problem City have these days (nice one to have) is that you have to be world class (or at least potential world class) to get in the first team. I thought Lavia looked a prospect so perhaps this decision will come back to bite us...but I doubt it.

I agree,but i still believe opportunities at the right time and level presented themselves last season,with very little if any risk,to test a couple of kids.

 

[LongsightM13]

Villa? Ings & Targett in recent memory.

It's 4 1⁄2 years since liverpool last bought a player off them.

Yep the cult have instead switched to Fulham for their feeder club

 

[Stoned Rose]

We’ve made close to £40m on academy player sales this summer alone. The academy is our biggest asset now, a steady turnover of money through sales with the possibility of the sold players coming back to City after progressing with their new club. We’re a brilliantly run club.


I think Delap will be the next one to go, probably next summer after a loan spell somewhere. He could easily fetch us £30m if he bangs in the goals while on loan.

No doubt some set of cunts will be along shortly to write new rules designed to stop us doing this.

 

[wolviedinho]

Our academy is a money printing machine. I hope the players find good clubs and progress. You never know we might see 1 or 2 back.

Win win for all concerned.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

He's one of the special ones in the academy. I hope he excels and we bring him back.

 

[Chappie]

He's one of the special ones in the academy. I hope he excels and we bring him back.

If he was, he wouldn't be on his way to Southampton on a permanent deal.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

If he was, he wouldn't be on his way to Southampton on a permanent deal.

Both can be true. He was a special player in the academy, he needs to make a step up now, the gap between PL2 and our team is gonna be a bridge to far for 90% of the lads coming though and need a perfect storm of timing to be ready in a slot we need.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

As I mentioned on the Ake thread , these youngsters need to see a pathway to the first team or they will leave

We haven’t really been but by this as yet but a some point we will lose a world beater

If you are Lavia and you’ve got 26 year old Phillips and 25 year old Rodri ahead of you where are you getting an opportunity any time soon

 

[oakiecokie]

My thoughts as well. No way they make him play in PL2 again, right? Unless Pep plans on keeping him around the first team this season.

At the moment he can`t even get into the England U19 starting eleven, although he has played the one game and scored the only goal.
Not certain if he`ll make it to a PL standard, but would be pleased to be proven wrong.
UPDATE !!
Ooopppssssssssssssss wrong thread I was talking about Delap ... and NO I` aint touched a drop of Guinness.
Looks like you also were talking about Delap. ;)

 

[ninjamonkey]

I'm usually on board with the sell with a buy back/sell on philosophy, most don't make it anywhere near our level anyway and when there eventually is one that we are gutted to lose, the money we will have made from all the others comfortably makes up for it.

This one seems a little odd though, he was a level if not 2 above the standard we usually let go, I know he wasn't going to get a look in next season but a loan with a year to show what he can do at a good level seems a better bet with this lad. One good season could see his value sky rocket. I know there's generally a reluctance for clubs to loan youngsters but we could have found somebody surely.

With the number of departures that are seemingly happening very quickly this week as well as fringe first teamer rumours rife, there is a lingering thought as to whether we need to get money in to balance the books before the end of this month. It's nothing but pure speculation on my part but things tally up, Grealish was very expensive off the back of the covid affected season and despite what some say about not caring what we pay for players, it matters.

Bazanu, Edozie, Lavia, Gyabi and Porro pretty much covers the Haaland fee. That's a lot of talent but will it ever total what Haaland is worth in a few years time? Seems less than likely to me.