My biggest issue with loans are:
1) The player doesn't belong to the other club so they have little incentive to play them, or
2) The player gets loaned to crap teams because good teams won't buy them as they'd just develop their own talent
We have alot of loanees coming back this season; and if we don't plan on integrating them into the squad, we should just have a mass sale, 5m a player, but with a buyback clause of 30m that expires in 3 years. This has a few benefits;
1) The player's career finally starts, he is not just being loaned out over and over again, he is at a good club and will play because he is there player.
2) The player knows if he is exceptional over 3 years, then City will possibly buy him back and he has incentive, the buying club would also profit big. We can even make the buyback clause 40m as a bigger incentive for better teams, the odds are atleast one player will be worth bringing back, and since we sold a bunch at 5m we can probably bring them back with a net cost of 0.
The only reason I bring this idea up is I'm just thinking about where our loanees are; mostly Scottish Premiership, Eredivisie, or Championship. Those loans are good for a year, but after which the player must truly be tested, Girona is our only top loanee club and only Maffeo get's game time, Aleix Garcia doesn't have a chance.
Enes Unal is playing with Villarreal, they were 5th last season and 5th this season. They are a good club to play at for a player developing and aiming for the top. These are the kinds of sales we should do more often.
1) The player doesn't belong to the other club so they have little incentive to play them, or
2) The player gets loaned to crap teams because good teams won't buy them as they'd just develop their own talent
We have alot of loanees coming back this season; and if we don't plan on integrating them into the squad, we should just have a mass sale, 5m a player, but with a buyback clause of 30m that expires in 3 years. This has a few benefits;
1) The player's career finally starts, he is not just being loaned out over and over again, he is at a good club and will play because he is there player.
2) The player knows if he is exceptional over 3 years, then City will possibly buy him back and he has incentive, the buying club would also profit big. We can even make the buyback clause 40m as a bigger incentive for better teams, the odds are atleast one player will be worth bringing back, and since we sold a bunch at 5m we can probably bring them back with a net cost of 0.
The only reason I bring this idea up is I'm just thinking about where our loanees are; mostly Scottish Premiership, Eredivisie, or Championship. Those loans are good for a year, but after which the player must truly be tested, Girona is our only top loanee club and only Maffeo get's game time, Aleix Garcia doesn't have a chance.
Enes Unal is playing with Villarreal, they were 5th last season and 5th this season. They are a good club to play at for a player developing and aiming for the top. These are the kinds of sales we should do more often.