23 is young for a footballer and it's first full season with us, same as it is with Dalot and Fred. Writing him off is daft because the PL has proven time and time again that the step up for some players takes longer than others, especially since he just came from La Liga which is a naturally less physically-demanding league.
You're right, not all academy players have it, but Pereira has always been one of the more talented players in his age group since we signed him as a kid. He showed enough at Granada and Valencia to show what he's capable of, he showed plenty of improvement while on loan too, so much so that both clubs wanted to sign him. He's more than capable of being a squad player here, it'd cost more to replace him than keep him in the current market.
As for the point I've highlighted in bold, what on earth are you on about? Again, this is Pereira's first full season with us.
23, at least for me, is young but not a youngster. You don’t look into other teams 23 year old players and consider them as youngsters, there are plenty 20 to 22 year old players that are already starting in the big leagues.
We bought Pogba back from Juventus when he was 23.
I don’t remember Valencia wanting him to stay, he started well there but then he faded away and ended up benched.
It may be his first season with the team, but it’s not his first season around, before being sent on loan for the first time to granada he was already at the first team, not plenty of chances but he was around. Then 2 seasons spent on loans thats 3 seasons and now this one its 4 seasons where all we can really talk about him is preseason games and how good he was on lower levels, like I said he should had proved that he was good enough enough a long way back.
Im not saying it’s impossible he will turn things around and become a star, but it’s highly improbable, I would ship him away.