Set to join on Tuesday for £6.2mProbably the worst debut I've ever seen from a Charlton player and now he's about to join the Champions. Meanwhile Chelsea are having to shell out £9m to get Moses when they had Sinclair in their youth system.
If there was ever a player that summed up the disastrous management of our club under Pardew it's Sinclair. Clearly a very talented player who immediately looked pub standard when Pardew got his hands on him only to start turning it on again as soon as he left. Definitely one that got away as we probably would have been able to sign him permanently if the loan hadn't been such a clusterf***.
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Give it a couple of years before they end up somewhere like Sunderland, Villa etc.
Adam Johnson - prime example, and a brilliant footballer.
It's definitely one of the reason the England team struggles to find depth of talent, although it's a safe bet Sinclair will be straight into the next England squad now.
In return he played within himself and thought screw you lot I don't have to be here
Great player on his day and will do well where appreciated
I remember absolutely raging when he came on just after we had let in a last minute equalizer at home to Derby, and we hadn't won a game in ages. Seconds to spare to and nick and unlikely winner and he seemed more interested in doing stepovers rather than getting the ball in the box!
If you're a player would you rather play in the Prem every week for 15k per week at Swansea or sit on your arse and be a bit part player at City for 50k or more?
If Johnson could not get a game at City then what hope Sinclair?
It smacks of agents doing their evil deads.
A perfect example is West Ham paying ten million for Jarvis . A player who is average at best and did very little for Wolves .
Six million for Moses ?!! What's that all about ? Chelsea dont even need him!
I smell a rat . It must be something to do with the new FIFA rules because these players should never in a million years command these sorts of fees.
The Matt Le Tissiers of this world are few and far between.
As a bench warmer.
Playing week in week out
If not, the 'one club man' would not be a dying breed.
Can't wait.
Sinclair meanwhile offers more pace than Johnson, but more importantly has proved at Swansea that he works very well within a system.
I don't think Sinclair is a world class player by any stretch. But I'd have him over Johnson.
I can see why players would take the big money four-year deal at Man City to set themselves up for life but so many players take that option and end up going nowhere career wise.
Look at Wayne Bridge at City, SWP at City/Chelsea and plenty more, if you're not playing every week (or at least 3/4 of the games - including the big games) then you're not going to develop.
Looking at Man City's front four or five there is no way Sinclair is anywhere NEAR that level of player.
So what if your on the bench, always change that after a while if you wanted, as Johnson is doing.
A player like him was never going to set the world alight, they are not world class. Might as well rake in a bit more for there after football life.
Easy to say you'd turn it down if you never been offered it.
It'll almost certainly be bad for his playing career though, if not his bank balance. He's a good player though, so he may surprise a few.
*but I'd really take option two
I mean option1 is clearly for someone with no family whatsoever or care for their family whatsoever ....
If he had been a Charlton youth player then he would've got a ton of patience from the crowd and things might've turned out differently.
Is he good enough to displace Mata, Hazard and Oscar (when he eventually starts games) ...... Nope
He's the new Sturridge