Like I said, I wasn't sure if his point was supporting yours or debating it, as a lot like to jump on the Maguire hate bandwagon these days.
The early twenties are usually sticky for a CB and it doesn't usually start coming together until they get to 23/24 and as you say they develop a little later. We've definitely got a track record of letting our academy-developed defenders go too early. Cooper, Bradley and Townsend are all ones we should've kept and it's also why the likes of Andy Smith have still got plenty of time to make the standard.
Just checked transfermarkt and they have his value rising from around 4.5m euros in Jul 22 to 11m euros currently. Obviously it's an estimate but is still an indicator of how his stock has risen in the last 12 months.
I was expecting to hear about one signing today, as LR seem confident one would be done before they went to Turkiye. I guess we will have to wait and see.
How long do you hang onto them though? When all three of those left we were in the PL and they were nowhere near good enough to play ahead of the defenders we had at the time. They might never have become the players they eventually develop into without leaving City and having their permanent spells in the lower leagues. Sitting in our U23s and having the odd loan spell isn't great for development.
Would just say to him 'get your fringe cut' you might be able to concentrate and may have lots of transfer offers come your way!
Just thinking about Greaves move from CB to LB, is that what happened to Gary Hobson, or was that the other way round? Memory like a sieve these days.
Baz tweeted yesterday they’re hoping for it to be while they’re away so wouldn’t expect anything this week
