They wanted the lad so much we could have got Aguero plus cash. Now don't make the same mistake twice when selling them a centre back
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Uuuuuurgh plop plop
Player Valuation: £950k
If professional footballers are swayed by fan criticism then they shouldn't be playing football.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
Yes cant argue with that.
Brainthwaite has a very high ceiling to me. Hes quick, too footed, comfortable on the ball, very tall etc. But to me he has to believe he is the best. Stones developed that quite quickly. He had an authority about him, that he was our best defender. All the tools are there, but he needs self belief and consistency.
I'm not sure a loan necessarily does that. But who knows.
Happy birthday big man.
bring back the catt
Player Valuation: £8m
Thrice. A number of pals who are Citee fans say Richard Dunne had a more than a few good games for them.
Better than going to the Championship and getting picked on by some bum like Alex Neil.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
great move for him imo
DanEFC92
Player Valuation: £90m
Would have thought it would have been better than the Dutch league like
BainesontoastNEW
Player Valuation: £35m
I think it's ideal for him if he's guaranteed minutes. He'll be competing for titles, not some mid-table mediocrity with us or in the Championship. That said, I'd like to know if PSV was his only option.
I don’t think the level is much better if at all tbh. He’ll be playing in Europe as well.
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Cracking move. Play in a bum league where he will be on the ball a lot an can come back next summer full of confidence to challenge for starting rather than being 6th choice.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Ok, the lower end of the Dutch league might not be much/any better than the Championship but assuming he gets regular game time, he'll play against the likes of Ajax and Feyenoord who are good sides, plus the likes of AZ, Vitesse and Twente are not bad. Added to that, PSV are in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. If they get to the group stages and Branthwaite gets games, that's a higher standard of opposition for him than we could have possibly hoped for.
This potentially a great move for him IMO
dylsexicbleu
Player Valuation: £1.5m
I have a pet theory about loans. Clubs loaning out players are not primarily concerned with levels of coaching at the club the loanee goes to, nor are they overly concerned about the standard of opposition the loanee will play against. Loaning out players is mostly an insurance job by the club who own the player. It's nearly impossible for coaches tell which 18 year old will make the grade. It's an awful lot easier to tell which players will make it when that player is in their early twenties. It's then a matter of clubs farming out older teens to other clubs to help reduce costs. The owning club then monitors whether their star teenager can play against fully grown men, develops physically etc.
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