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Honestly, how does Elneny deserve another year? I understand giving him a place to get healthy but surely we need better than him at some point?
City doesn’t have an equivalent player that gets contracts for smiles and training well. I love the guy, he’s just not Arsenal level.
Considering City’s 2nd choice DM is Kalvin Phillips, you could do a lot worse than having Elneny as you’re 4th choice DM.
However the question is whether we even need a 4th choice DM. If the wages are low then I don’t see too much issue with keeping him, it’s not like we’d get a sizeable transfer fee for him anyway.
4th choice? Who’s third?
With Partey injured it seems to me he comes up to second choice DM.
Parteys only injured temporarily. Rice, Partey, Jorginho, Elneny. Even if Partey is injured he’s 3rd choice not 2nd
Elneny has barely featured past two seasons, but when he has, he has not put a foot wrong. On what do you base him not being good enough? We haven’t got to see much of him past few years, but what we have seen has shown he has improved significantly into a quality player since Arteta arrived.
In addition, he is massively respected by the other players and staff and on low wages (would be lower next year). What’s the harm in keeping him when there’s little chance we could improve upon him as a depth option for a decent price?