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Don’t blame Ryan if he wants to cash in

by
The LeaguePaper Team
25 February 2018

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
FOR Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham’s scout-baiting wonderkid, decision-time is hurtling over the horizon.
Stay at Craven Cottage and develop in peace? Or accept an offer from a Premier League behemoth and risk a splinterridden backside?
On paper, it seems obvious. From John Bostock to Nick Powell, we can all think of talented teens whose burgeoning careers foundered on the rocky shores of fame and fortune.
If the Championship’s most adventurous left-back is good enough at 17, he’ll be even better in two years. Where’s the harm in sta...

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