The Man City Thread*******

Brewster?

Did I miss the tweet from Klopp where he described him as "the most talented player I've ever seen"?

My point was not that Pep isn't picking him - he's totally ruthless when it comes to getting results, on an ends-justifying-means basis and it's what he's being paid gazillions for. (Fair enough, imo)

Rather it was that persuading Foden to sign a SIX YEAR contract meant Foden has NONE of the bargaining power with City which eg Jadon Sancho demonstrated.

I'd be very interested to see exactly what Foden's agent got out of the deal, with Guardiola's consent, no doubt.

Foden's loyalty to his boyhood club is being cynically exploited and with every game he misses, it  becomes ever clearer that he's being taken for a complete mug by City/Pep/Agent. 

No, that is not my "logic" at all.

Rather it's that because England already have excellent, senior strikers, they have no need to fast-track other, high potential youngsters like Brewster or Greenwood. Hence there is little or no comment from England. Indeed, the youngster themselves have little or no cause to complain, since even with regular club games, they'd struggle to get near the England senior team.

But with far less talent in midfield, it is inevitable that they are going to bemoan the fact that the "most talented player [Guardiola] has ever seen" cannot be considered, because he's not getting club games, which itself follows from Guardiola not either picking him, or sending him out on loan (like eg Chelsea with Mount).

Which itself follows from PG's cynical willingness to exploit PF's loyalty for his (PG) own selfish ends, by keeping him near by, just in case he suffers 4 or 5 injuries or suspensions to the rest of his midfielders.