Although I'm not suggesting it was wholly down to this, I think Jon is right - Medel was playing well enough for us until about the time Malky Mackay was sacked. After that, to use Lardy's phrase, he checked out as far as City were concerned - my attitude towards him and Caulker is that at least we got most, if not all, of the money we paid for them back, unlike so many others signed since Mackay left.