The cynic in me wonders why Citeh are so keen to do us a favour through selling a young player with great potential for apparently far less than market value - especially as we beat them and drew with them this season...It's not like they can look at Leeds in a slightly patronising way as being a championship club anymore. I would think the same if I saw an advert for a second hand car at half or three quarters apparent market value - it would make me question the motive of the seller.
I think it is more down to them doing us a small favour than a big one as we have had the clause to enable us to buy him every year but City have simply helped us out by allowing us to more or less extend the deal with the fee just going up a bit (essentially really us just paying all his wages). I think if City would have refused to extend the loan deal at any point we would have bought him instead. After his first season for us I don't think anyone would have been looking to buy him for around £10m.
