Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
I wonder if that's because you clearly have no idea why people are being critical? For a start, we signed him in 2013 when he was 18, not 21. He was then given the new deal in 2017 (while he was out with the long-term injury that you mentioned) and then never looked like playing for us again after a few cameo roles off the bench (before going on loan to a non-league club for the remainder of the season).

He suddenly reappeared in City colours 12 months later and played a grand total of 48 minutes for us while we were in a relegation battle.

I'm not overly bothered by him having the new contract, but I can certainly see why some people are a bit dubious considering he was only involved in 6 games for us after he was given the contract - none of which were from the start and only once did he play for more than 20 mins.

It could easily be deemed as a poor bit of business.
Whether we bought him in 2013 or 2017 is irrelevant. We bought him for his potential as a young player and paid very little for him. It hasnt worked out for him here for a number of reasons, including him suffering a serious injury when he was just showing some promise. The club has moved on and signed better players over the last five years and now he has been sold, probably at a profit, to make room for other players in the squad. This type of thing happens regularly across all the leagues. clubs gamble on young players - some come off and others dont. Hopefully he will refind form at MK Dons. I dont think that he is a bad player at all but just not up to the level that was originally hoped.