So, Daniel Sturridge did what he needed to do during an impressive loan spell at Bolton last season, comes back and he still has no idea whether he’ll be playing for us next season!
I just don’t get it, I mean what was the point of going to a tribunal over him and paying £3.5 million for him (with additional payments of £500,000 after each of 10, 20, 30 and 40 first-team competitive appearances), not to mention a further payment of £1 million if he makes a full international appearance, if we don’t actually intend to play him?
Ok, so we’re not actually selling him as far as I’m aware – and thank God for that since City would get 15% of any sell-on fee anyway – but should we really be sending him on loan again? Well, it certainly seems to be under consideration for Andre Villas-Boas.
With Newcastle rumoured to be interested and AVB still to get a proper look at what he’s got, when it comes to another loan deal for Sturridge, he admits “This is one of the decisions we have to take. Daniel is a very, very interesting player with a tremendous future and is highly regarded by myself. I have 15 days in Asia to make the best decision and I need those four games to continue to assess.”
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