Manchester City have sent another two players on loan to Dutch club NAC Breda, according to BN DeStem. Youngsters Brandon Barker and Kean Bryan will both spend the next year with the Eerste Division side, although the latter will have to wait for his debut due to a wrist injury from which he is still recovering.
This is the latest move in a partnership between the two clubs which was finalised in April this year and will last until 2021. It makes it easier for City to send youth players to Breda, a common practice for some English clubs in recent years. Chelsea have sent a large number of youngsters on loan to Vitesse in the same league over the last few seasons.
Barker and Bryan are highly-rated in England, with winger Barker thought of as one of the best talents to come out of the City academy in years. However, there is a lot of competition both out wide and in defence – where Bryan plays – making it wise logistically to send them out on loan.
They become the third and fourth players to make the move on loan this summer, with Ashley Smith-Brown and Thomas Agyepong having been sent to Breda on temporary deals already this year.
According to a different article on BN DeStem, Barker is also not yet quite ready to make his debut for the club, as paperwork still needs to be finalised. However, both him and Bryan are in Holland and ready to begin their season-long loan deals with a club who narrowly missed out on promotion via the play-offs last season, and will be looking to improve on that with a contingent of Blues this year.
