7. Selling Jovon Makama showed what development can look like
Jovon Makama’s departure was a strange and emotional moment. It arrived right on the eve of the season opener against Reading, removed a player many thought could have a huge year, and followed other important exits from the squad. There was disappointment because he had finished the previous season strongly and looked ready to explode. Yet the sale also represented a major milestone for the club.
For the first time, we had watched a young player develop in full view, from raw prospect to seven-figure asset. Makama became proof that development is rarely linear, that patience can be rewarded, and that the club’s model can produce tangible outcomes. Financially, it mattered, of course, but culturally it mattered as well because it gave everyone a real example to point to rather than just a theory.
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