The departure of Jayden Braaf for Borussia Dortmund will no-doubt be painted as another failure of Manchester City's youth system.
Those looking from the outside will see a young, hungry teenager taking a bold step for the good of his career, cutting lose from a relentless winning machine that would have kept him on the bench and squandered his talent.
Part of that is true - Braaf, a 19-year-old attacker who arrived at City from PSV Eindhoven aged 16, is desperate for regular first team football. There is certainly nothing wrong with that.
