said it pre-season and will say it again..
the youth is a talent and have real potential... but he was nowhere near the finished product.
he was making waves in the barca youth system and got promoted to the first team and look good in pre-season then the press start to hype him up... making comparisons to ronaldinho and labelling him as the next big thing. Then he start to play primadonna and quarrel about not getting a regular sweat.
His competition for a place was Ronaldinho, Etoo, Messi, Henry, Bojan and Gudjohnsen, and he still get a couple sweat in the earlies, but it was apparent that he wasn't ready yet. Nice touches, good speed but poor decision making and tendency to be completely anonymous against strong opposition. Nuff times he start or come on expected to be the difference maker and did absolutely nothing.
That move to Spurs was always going to be a disaster. No player at his tender age, lack of development and experience, and most importantly lack of physical stature, should go to an EPL team where he is expected to deliver the goods immediately. Even players at the peak of their games in other leagues struggle to adapt. Look at Modric who is rated much higher than him ketching he ass...
He leave a world renowned youth development system at Barca to go to Spurs. Where is the sense in that?
Whoever advising that youth is ah wicked, wicked man!!
