For those that are upset. Particularly @Damocles. What would you have done to keep him? Serious question. Only way we keep him is do one of the following:
Not buy Sterling
Not buy KDB
Sell Navas
Sell Nasri
Which one of the above would you have done to keep Lopes?
He has had Lopes training with the first team for about two months, of course he 'has something to do' with him! They announced at City live that Lopes was a first team player.
I'm sure that they are as sure as they can be. Plus you're also ignoring the contract situation, and Lopes' wishes for an amount of first team football we didn't believe he was ready for. If he'd have been willing to "do a Denayer", sign a lengthy contract and take his chances then Lopes would have been resigned I shouldn't wonder, if rumours are true he wanted some form of guarantees he'd get significant game time before he signed a new deal. What exactly were City to do? Give him the guarantees and then renege? Play him when they felt he wasn't ready?
Read my post again. I haven't said one person. Collectively they are far better placed than you or I to make that call.There is not one person in football, who can judge accurately whether the best kids will make it or not just on the amount of information we have from Lopes. If such a person existed, they would be on ten times the wages of Jose Mourinho.
Think about it. they could just go round hoover up all the best 20 year olds & sign them, then sell for 80 mil each.
They don't know.
As Khaldoon said; we will not compromise the success of the first team for the sake of giving kids a chance. They will absolutely have to be good enough from the get go.
Further, I don't see how anybody knows that Lopes would have been happy playing a bit part from the substitutes bench. If he was not and wanted guarateed game time then
the club have made the correct decision.
Genuine question. What is your criteria of Rony having done well?We should have played him more two seasons ago & got him signed up. We've fucked it up & I recon that will come out one day if Rony does well. If he doesn't they will all breathe a sigh of relief.
Yep. Khaldoon was spot on with this assessment. Owners want success immediatelyAs Khaldoon said; we will not compromise the success of the first team for the sake of giving kids a chance. They will absolutely have to be good enough from the get go.
Further, I don't see how anybody knows that Lopes would have been happy playing a bit part from the substitutes bench. If he was not and wanted guarateed game time then
the club have made the correct decision.
Yep. Khaldoon was spot on with this assessment. Owners want success immediately