he was 30 million, some of the variables were not paid, he was cheaper than freaking illarenmedi for crying out loud!!!! he even got a wage cut just to play for this team. and unlike you stated and assumed wrong, i watched every single barca match last season, even if it meant having no sleep for the next day.
concerning the double digit thing pedro tello and co also have the trio of messi xavi iniesta to give assists and still didn't rank up double digits. you make it seem that goal stat is the most important thing in football and is quite easy to score which in fact it is ridicoulously hard, lmao
you should stop playing fifa and watch more about what football is about if you think if a decent player is only considered after 50+ goals in 2 seasons, even david villa who is an absolute legend and spain top scorer of all time went under the 50 goal mark with an extra season in hand, he scored 48 in 3 seasons. argen robben for bayern munchin scored 36 goals in his first two season (23,13), and 32 goals(19,13) in his thrid and fourth. 50+ goals in two season is a ridicolous scoring stat. Most people assume that alexis sanchez was a goal scorer which is unjust when in fact he is a trequilista/playmaker, he thrives on making space for other team mates and passing the ball, he is the top 4 playmaker in the whole la liga in terms of key passes, he makes an assist every 4 key passes on average only behind messi and iniesta which is saying alot!
http://www.fantasista10.co.uk/whos-la-ligas-most-productive-playmaker/ is the source and there is the proof. despite proving he is a playmaker and not a goalscorer, he still wanted to prove to this team and made his higest scoring season in his whole career, first season in barca with 15 goals. he tracks back and defends more than what dani alves does, he gave the most assist to messi out of anyone this season, he always finds himself in good postions and makes runs behind the defense which messi and co can exploit, he helped us at the end to the 100 point la liga record to take any dignity left of mourinho and won us the penalty against PSg in the cl, sure he missed a couple but then again finishing is not his strongpoint.
plus who doesn't miss sitters? messi misses like every game, villa missed a couple of sitters, even robben missed one on one in the 2010 world cup final but are they any worse of a player? the answer is no,its all part of the game.
people put too much empasize on the front three attacking trio which is unfair, the whole team has to contribute to the scoring, the best midfielders in the world like iniesta, xavi and busquests combined have shot less than either juan mata or david silva! people expect the three up front to score a combined 100 goals, which is a 30, 40,30 goal stat. to put into perpective the top scorer in other leagues only get about 26-28 goals and these are the top scorer in their respective league, just think that there are about 100 teams in the top 5 league, 23 players per team thats 2300 players and only about 30 players go above 25 goals a season and we expect 3 of them to be in the same team and on top of that, one isn't a goalscorer ( sanchez), and the other hasn't even played one match for barca ( neymar) be able to produce those numbers every season? i sometimes wonder that the pep era has made some barca fans have unrealistic spoiled expectations for the team and look for a scapegoat when things dont go their way i.e alexis sanchez.
there is a reason sanchez stole pep heart and why he got to play under tito, he adds something to the game where people who live and breathe football will understand. the coaches know it and thats all that matters.
