It’s that sinking feeling. Again.

Another very promising player leaves the club. Last year, we saw Dave Jones - a promising midfielder - leave due to overcrowding of our midfield (which, in turn, was due to the arrival of Carrick). He would go on to inspire Derby to promotion to the Premiership. The reason I felt bad for Jones was that he wasn’t even given a fair run in the side. But that said, there wasn’t much of a chance anyway, given our acquisition of Carrick. After I got over the initial disappointment, my only gripe was the mere 1 million quid we got for him. (Really, that is chicken feed-in modern football transfer dealings.)

But to think that our brightest young talent, in a long time, would be sold - despite outstanding performances in the reserve level, and equally impressive performances in the Serie A for Parma - without being given as much as a sniff of a run for the senior side is gut wrenching.

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