Was Fabian Delph Right To Reject Manchester City?

Trending on the news for three days 9 July - 11 July 2015 was the purported transfer of Aston Villa Captain Fabian Delph to Manchester City for £8 million. It was a move that neither Villa not Delph came out publicly to quash. It was surprising
that Manchester City were then interested in two English home grown talents Rahem Sterling (Liverpool) and Fabian Delph while parading such stars like Yaya Toure, Samir Nssri, Fernandinho, David Silva to mention but few. The question on everyone's lips was where would these two English players play?

Given that Delph had an amazing season by his standards in the 2014/2015 season where he was made Club Captain and the season he also got his Three Lions call up. This was Delph's first successful season in the top flight and then suddenly he wants to jump ship to City. Also why was he sold for as low as £8 million when Aston Villa signed him for a high £6 million from Leeds United in 2009. It made no sense for Delph to join Manchester City at this point of his career having not been consistent enough.

Manchester City also had  ruined the careers of many young promising players like Scot Sinclair from Swansea for £6 million in 2012 who went on to play 190 minutes of premier league football that season. They list doesn't end there with the likes of Stefan Savic, Matija Nastasic, Jo and so on.

It should be noted that at this stage of Delph's career what he should be interested in should be to consolidate on his performance of last season and become more consistent rather than seeking a big money move from the Midlands. It is to his credit that he recognised it on time before it became late. Joining City at this point when he has just become a regular for both club and country might jeopardise his Euro 2016 finals chances in France, if he doesn't get game time. While established players like Petr Cech and Yohan Cabaye have moved to clubs that would guarantee them regular football, it would have been unfortunate for Delph to do the opposite. It is although too early to judge if Delph took the right decision but come end of May 2016, the issue would be revisited. For now, let's watch how Delph proves that last season wasn't a fluke.