Michael Brown cannot understand why Tottenham teenage star, Ryan Sessegnon had to move out of England on loan.
The 20-year-old has fallen further down the pecking order this season after Spurs landed Sergio Reguilon and Gareth Bale.
He faced the risk of not playing games this campaign and the Lilywhites decided to make him available for loan.
The priority is for him to join a team that he will be playing regularly for, and Bundesliga outfit Hoffenheim won the race for his signature.
Brown, however, seems to think that he would have been better off if he had joined another Premier League team instead.
This is because he will have been developing himself in the English game. He, however, claimed that the Hoffenheim move is good because it will help take the limelight away from him and he can learn a new style of play.
Brown told Football Insider: “I said there would be clubs in for him, I knew there would be – I don’t know why that wasn’t a Premier League club, whether that was choice or they wanted to do something away from England, I’m not sure.
“It’s a good opportunity that. I think possibly it is a good idea in that way that he can go and concentrate. There won’t be as much focus – obviously, there will be from the club you’re at and the league you’re playing in.
“To actually stay away here from his parent club, he might be able to concentrate and learn a different style as well.”