by SCIAG »
02 Feb 2020 14:24
Is there a single young player we've released who most people thought wouldn't make it but then has?
People like Austin, Bapiste, Bartley, Shaughnessy, McHugh and MacDonald didn't exactly have great name recognition (I hadn't heard of Baptiste a week ago).
Cox and Antonio were both cases where we knew we were letting a player with potential go but the alternative was losing them on a free because their contract was running down and they wanted immediate football. Same-ish with Hamer who hasn't quite done as well for himself as McCarthy - we made the right decision there. We didn't have a choice with Ji and he's not exactly done well in the Bundesliga.
Cooper maybe at a push? But even then, it's not like he would have made it if he stayed here.