@nickjdavis when he burst through he was exciting, energetic, hard working, things happened around him. He was a bit headless, wild with his finishing but this was forgiven as he was a local lad and he gave his all.
This season he has been as you described, an angry man who has forgotten about his game and what made him good. He's not progressed at all, in fact he has gone backwards. Now, that can be turned around by a different manager, different setting. I think the move will do him good and so far everything Howe has done has turned to gold so hopefully he can get him back on track.
I'm happy he has moved on, happy with the fee. I think you've paid over the odds but you have the cash and teams tend to pay over for younger English players.
I genuinely hope he does well for you. It would be a shame if he becomes another Francis Jeffers.