It clearly was which is why Dinamo had a clause to buy him for a fixed amount. The fact that the club hasn't reached out to him to convince him to stay further reinforces that view. As for why we didn't sell him, Dinamo probably didn't want to buy him outright last season and the clubs settled on this arrangement.
He was on the list of retained players in the club the PL released the other day, so still at the club for now. I imagine he'll be off fairly soon after the Window opens though as he's indicated Dynamo were going to take up the option to buy him in interviews recently.
Cheers, pretty bummed about the whole thing if i'm honest. Shame he never got a chance to prove himself.
Indeed it does. He's gone. I expect quite a few of that list will follow him and Janko out the club too.
Cheers. Seems really odd the club never officially announced anything. Seems like everyone else has been - Thorpe, Janko etc. have had tweets confirming and wishing them well.
I doubt it, but yea waste of a signing, total waste.
Deadwood? He was never given a proper chance, to be considered deadwood.
By that I mean players who are probably not good enough for the first team if we want to challenge for honours.
I don't get comments like this at all. What do you mean "waste"? We try to get a bunch of talented youngsters on our books, in case a tiny % turn out good enough.
They know.He was officially sold today.
I would guess the waste comment was in regards to the fact he never got a chance despite impressing
It just didn't make sense to send him on three loans back to back, 2 of them to teams in foreign leagues. Not one senior team app and he's been picked internationally for Chile in those years. It was a waste of time.
What else can we do?He didn't impress with our U21s and he already played 1 year of pro football before that so clearly it will help him develop more than stagnant at Reserves level.Furthermore since he's coming from abroad at 18 he won't have the patience to stay at that level.But yeah whenever a youngster didn't make it it's the fault of the club.
If he is good enough to play professional football at a decent level then credit is due to our scouts. Might not be good enough for United but hey, not many are. Still don't get why his time with the club was a "waste".
Why was it a waste? He's played regularly and, by all accounts, improved. People bitch and moan when youngsters get stuck playing for our reserves and now they're moaning when they have a succesful stint on loan too? Go figure.
When players are loaned out to foreign leagues it becomes evident that they don't have a future at their parent club. We should've tried to secure another loan to an English team after his Wigan stint. His move to Spain was probably an audition. Should've just sold him when he came back from there. Its what it is.
Pique was loaned out at Zaragoza and he improved there.
Most of that list probably won't be here next season. Shame Henriquez didn't get a chance pre season to show how far he has developed while on loan but i guess we had people watching his progress last season.
His loan was succesful. The choice was obviously the right one. Just turns out he's not good enough for United. Shit happens. Still struggling to understand the "waste" here.
I thought he was on his way out after that loan tbh...wasn't suprised when he left the season after that. Same thing with Rodrigo Possebon and Josh King. I know they're not all destined to make it at OT, but these foreign loans are usually not good signs.
The same way you worked out he wasnt good enough.. And you can cite our scouts as always being right as Rossi, Pogba and others have not been afforded the same chance.. Noone at Manchester United used not good enough, how do u know AH didnt want away?
I think you will change your mind with hindsight, he may not yet be at the level, and even if Utd deemed him not good enough (which is not clear as you said, as they may feel we have an abundance in that position, rather than him not be up to it).
No.. To squeeze a few m extra out of these little transfers would be a detterant for younger players to join us, knowing we wpuld demand higher fairer fees etc..
So...what's your next username?
It's pretty much the same thing. He wasn't good enough to break into the team with the competition he had and still isn't which is why he was sold. Not even a good season changed LVG's mind.
That's a stupid point. You are right, if we sell a player then it's not 100% that they're simply not good enough, just 99.9%. Apart from Pogba and Rossi, what players that have left early do you think had the ability to make it at United but wanted out? I'm happy to assume, unless told specifically that they chose to leave, that if a player leaves it's because the coaches who see him daily, and the scouts who see him when he's on loan don't deem him good enough.
Funnily enough, id rarely seen much of AH before choosing this, i only choose it for his FM ability if im honest, if anything it created an affiliation rather then me being a natural fan boy.So...what's your next username?
Absolutely it is not the same thing, if a club has say 2 top strikers, and chooses to let one go, if thats even what happened, it doesnt indicate he isnt good enough, merely it wouldnt hurt our short term, its not a direct indication of his ability.
Why is that a stupid point? And more has changed at Utd in the last 2 years, than has during the last 30, cant use the past as precident when future has changed
