Derby starlet Will Hughes would perhaps be wise to get on the phone to Scott Sinclair before he makes any decision to join Manchester City this summer.
The Daily Star reports that Rams boss Nigel Clough says the club would be powerless to resist a huge bid: “If someone blows us out of the water with a massive offer then he will go, but that is the same at any club.”
Hughes whilst speaking to Scott Sinclair should maybe then also ask for Adam Johnson’s number as well. Sinclair looks set to depart the Etihad less than a year after joining the club and Adam Johnson left last summer after being unable to command a regular place in the side.
Their struggles have demonstrated the difficulties of young English players trying establish themselves at a club that have enough money to go out and buy pretty much whoever takes their fancy.
It would be unfair to right Jack Rodwell off completely at the moment, due to his penchant for picking up injuries the jury is still out on his success or failure at the City.
The advice to Hughes should surely be to just keep your startlingly blonde head down and continue to learn your trade by playing games every week.
The paper says that City could go for the loan back trick and give him back to Derby next season, I’m not sure that ever truly works, some Palace fans would claim that Zaha has been nowhere near as effective in the second half of the season, as he was prior to his United deal.
I think agents need to rethink how they are handling young talent; unless you’re exceptional you’re not going to break into a top four Premier League side.
On the whole they are probably better off staying where they are, or taking baby steps and maybe moving to a mid to lower level Premier League club, getting experience and playing every week, then if they’re good enough the big boys will still come calling a few years down the line.
Allen Whyte