I’m tired of all these false narratives being propagated.
> “He hasn’t improved in 2 years” Yes he has? His ball carrying and maturity under pressure are so so important for our build-up against high pressing teams, we suffer greatly without him.
> “He isn’t good defensively” This is just a straight up lie. He literally never gets beat and has completely shut out some of the best wingers on the planet like Olise & Rodrygo.
Even just recall that phenomenal run he made vs Benfica to assist Raphinha’s goal in the RO16 2nd leg last season, literally carried the ball from our box to theirs
His only big weakness is his crossing, but he is 22 and has so much time to improve. He had more assists than Mendes last season btw, half of them being good crosses like to Ferran vs Osasuna last season.
His injury was the main reason we couldn’t deal with Inter’s counter attacks last season, with him fit we would have been in the CL final.
But yeah, let’s sell him and call him a “bum” just because he isn’t the finished product at 22 years old, after already battling injuries.
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