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Players like Nasri, Yaya, Kolarov etc. were given big contracts and now its become very hard to move on and cut the rest of the dead weigh cause no one wants to pick up their wages, its an unfortunate side effect of the early spending that had to be done to put their name in the hat. But now City is trying to flip to phase two and thats why most of the signings this transfer window have been based on young talent. Outside of Sane and potentially Stones the transfers for the young players we got are good buys.I feel like Citeh bought a lot of players for RIGHT NOW, which makes sense, cause they had the cash and they wanted the instant success. But over the years, players weren't replaced, and similar to United there was under investment in the squad. Even myself I'm known to often forget how old Citeh players are, I often thought some of them could be sold on, but realistically it's been pointed out to me even on here that, that is pretty unlikely.City did overplay for players but that alone isn't what has brought the club to where it is todayCity did overplay for players but that alone isn't what has brought the club to where it is today. If a club doesn't have a good plan how it's going to get the club winning how it wants to play football and sustain itself for the future that could deter players from going there especially when there are other clubs that can give them a big check as well. What Inter has to do outside from spend is figure out a good plan of action to get the club back to winning ways and just throwing money at it isn't the cure all for their problems.
Citeh needs to re-invest in the academy as well as young starlets that are replacements for ageing players. In fact they should have done this 3 seasons ago.
But from afar, I see what they were focussed on (the league, and then solid CL positioning).
And the academy has already been re-vamped and invested into a lot, the U-16 range and bringing them up is where City is expecting to see the most returns from the new revamped academy in the coming years.
As far as academy players that can break through now Angelino I think will take Kolarov's spot and be Clichy's back up. I see A. Garcia getting a good look this season as well as Maffeo and but I feel like next season for sure when more of that older dead weight is cut from the squad they will take those spots on the senior team and Patrick Roberts and maybe Denayer will be brought back into the fold. Players like Tosin need to go on their first loan spell I think it would be best for his development right now are others like Brandon Barker who seems like he might be out of his depth compared to other young players we have in the time he played in preseason despite City fans high hopes for him.
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