Gunner89 wrote:
Those are good statistics tbf but I'm more concerned about actual end product.
If a player is consistently good at creating chances then invariably he will put up decent numbers for assists.
So far I haven't seen him have a year where he's really hit the numbers.
This is a guy who's being paid 50m for apparently. If he cost 5m then he might be judged or have other expectations of.
He was really good for Sociedad. Your concern on actual end product is based on what a 22 year old has done so far while being shuffled around by his parent club, never settling, not on what you think he could be capable of having watching him technically.
I would understand if you believed he will not develop any more and add much to his game. We have end product in the front line. We need someone to help us create high percentage chances for them to finish. We need the coach to be an enabler and we need the right players too. We are a poor passing side, with poor decision making, not great technically and very little vision throughout the line-up. He brings qualities that we lack. We will see if he is that player but you shut his prospects down quite emphatically.
