jones wrote:
Bold Tone wrote:
Of course there is the off chance that he could be amazing but, as of now, nobody knows.
I'm hoping there is more to him than the clips have shown but cannot get the Wellington Silva experience out of my mind.
Due to those doubts i think £6m is quite high for a guy the newspaper has speculated may go to our academy.
Wellington actually looked a lot more exciting than this kid. Don't want to shoot him down just yet he might surprise everyone but the footage shows basically nothing
Agreed.
Wellington's Fluminense highlight reels are much more impressive than Martinelli's.
As we all know, players at this level have the skills but need the right attitude and determination.
Wellington was slammed for lacking this but, for me, i think the failure to secure a work permit year after year after year destroyed the kid. If he had gone to manu, they would've given him the "exceptional talent" visa as Blatter's corrupt FIFA always backed them when the home office consulted them. We used the principled front door approach and got Vela, Galindo, Botelho and Silva rejected time and again.
