Why, because his value is only based off him sitting on United bench and getting a few minutes here and there. His two years on loan doesn't count?
If he plays regularly on loan, there will be a lot more teams interested.
Come on, man. It’s not about ‘playing regularly’, as we’ve seen what he offers when he does so. He made 25 league appearances for us last season, scoring 1 goal and providing 3 assists. For the record, 18 of those appearances were starts, so I don’t think you can say he’s been living on a few minutes ‘here and there’. Furthermore, his league stats for Valencia are eerily similar, offering 1 goal and 3 assists in 23 matches. The only season you could find solace in was at Granada, in which he scored 5 and created 3 in 35. Not too bad given he was around 20 years old at the time and playing in a lesser side in La Liga. I’m not someone who is married to stats; however, when you considered those overall, they are poor, no matter how you dress them up. Not to mention his overall play is weak and he has never shown himself capable of really asserting himself on a match. Matches just pass him by. It’s not like he’s an unknown commodity that teams might fancy a punt on. It’s fairly well established what he offers, at this stage.
It would take a freak season for Lazio, unlike anything we’ve seen from him before, to lure in bids greater than the rumoured 27m. Personally, I’d be ecstatic if we secured that fee for him; however, I don’t for one second think we’ll be able to do so. For the record, I understand what you’re saying and I’m all for trying to raise funds via clever player sales. If he kills it at Lazio and we get a big fee for him, I’ll hold my hands up and congratulate you for your foresight. I just can’t see it happening, myself. Not to mention we’re notoriously poor at selling players. For the purpose of discussion, if we sold him for 27m he’d be one of our most expensive departures of all time, behind Ronaldo, Lukaku and Di Maria.
Anyway, I’m rambling now. Hope you turn out to be correct and we can get a nice figure for him.