No assumption required.
A variety of schools of though exist.
It's the reason WH and Palace are more likely to pick up Bowen, Eze, Elise etc. than us.
Players a tier above them that would consider being a bench player will have potential trophies as a key consideration and as said their patience will be bought by top-end wages in the meantime.
I"m not saying it's impossible, but we occupy an awkward niche.... A niche that left us signing Llorente, Jansen, N'obody, Bale & Vinicius in recent history. What often gets glossed over during this convo though is that at one point Poch also had Son, Lucas & Lamela sat on the bench. Even now we have Berg, Lucas (& Gil).....
I can't speak for the mentality of the individual player, but what we do know is that he's happy to leave City in search of a starting role.
He made 41 apps with 28 starts this past season..... So it's not like he's not finding significant time rotating for City.
One would assume he wants a starting role AND a CL team..... Reports certainly suggest as much.
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