Unless he's pushing for a move, I still don't get why Brewster would be sold when he can go on loan.
Either way, his future as a significant contributor at Liverpool now that we have Minamino and Jota is less than guaranteed, so i can see why he'd want to move and get 1st team minutes at a lesser team.
I think it might come down to the buy-back clause. You could probably send him back on loan to Swansea or find another Championship team that would guarantee him the minutes but it would still be a notch below the level you want him to play next to develop the way the staff seems to want him to.
The problem on the other hand with the PL is that its a small market with lots of quality (even below mid table). The minutes are far from guaranteed apart from maybe a club or two if you send him on loan and those clubs look sh*t enough to just ruin him on their way down to the Championship.
If you sell him, to someone like Sheffield, at a good price like the one rumoured, you are giving them a bit more of an incentive to capitalise on the asset they just acquired. Sheffield is gonna struggle this year because they have not spent enough last year and this summer. They are, however, one or two players away from taking a significant stride towards securing their stay in the league.
The luxury of inserting a buy-back clause is a byproduct of you selling to Sheffield and not Leicester or a club with slightly higher aspirations and Sheffield being desperate for goals (something they lacked a lot last year)
All in all, I think its a another fantastic reading of the room by Klopp, Edwards and co. Cash in on a good fee for a kid who wont play anyway, the fee is an incentive for the club to not f**k around with the player, the club itself seems like a good fit and not just any garbage bottom of the league team who is assured of relegation. It makes sense in my opinion
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