Clearly talented, but perhaps not in the PL.
His best games have been Europe IMO, where you get more space.
In the PL it is faster and more physical, and at the moment he is struggling.
However, that said we have to be mindful that he is coming back from injury, and the context behind his...
Agree.
I actually thought he was poor against Spurs, lost the ball cheaply and really didn’t add much.
However, he wouldn’t be with us, if he didn’t need games and that is exactly what he needs. Similar to the Moder thread, you cannot expect a player post injury to hit the ground at the same...
His touch and movement are great, and there is no doubt that some of the glimpses have been simply sublime, but weighing up what we are paying vs contribution, sadly it’s not stacking up for me.
The misses vs Sheff Utd were really frustrating.
And of course, unfortunately he’s now injured, and...
A lot more than he showed vs AEK.
(That can be said about the whole team though)
Movement was disappointing. TV rarely tells the whole story, and it’s what goes on off the ball that is also important.
It’s early days, but in the short cameo at Man Utd he looked a lot better IMO than Thursday...