Leeds United Chat • Re: Darko Gyabi-RUMOUR

Ronaldo Vieira had trials at Man City when he was around the same age as Gyabi was when City signed him from Millwall for £300k (quite a hefty fee for a 14 year old). Vieira was rejected by City which highlights how much better the quality of their youth set-up is.

Shortly before his 18th birthday Vieira made his debut for us but we were a championship side with a fairly sh*te midfield. An 18 year old Vieira wouldn't have been breaking into our premier league side so how good would an 18 year old need to be to break into City's first team? As such it is no slight on him that he isn't breaking into their first team.

Chelsea had the likes of DeBruyne and Salah on their books and they couldn't break into the first team. Salah was 24 when Chelsea sold him as he couldn't break into their first team, DeBruyne was 23 when similarly they sold him as he couldn't break into their first team. I am using these 2 world class superstars as an example to show how hard it can be to break into a big team so really it is no slight at all that an 18 year old kid can't break into City's first team.

So maybe let's not write him off just yet....

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