Antonio Sanabria
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Its funny how both of them got exactly what he wanted
all he had to do was wait half a year and not complain and it would've been Munir and Sanabria with Sandro in the B team.Its funny how both of them got exactly what he wanted
Stop. This Sanabria mocking is getting ridiculous. Sanabria leaving was the smartest thing he could have done and I applaud him for having the guts to do so. The cards may not have fallen perfectly for him, but that's because the board finally hired a manager who is competent.
If you're Sanabria, a simple glance at how youth has fared at the club since Pep's departure shows how bleak your future looked. The board would have never actually sacked Tito, and Tito would have never, and I mean never used Sanabria with the first team. He'd have had Pedro, Alexis, Neymar, and Messi, not to mention he had Tello when he wanted to give someone trash minutes. Sanabria, Munir, Sandro, Adama, Deulofeu, Dongou... not a single one of them would have played with the first team, ever, with the exception of the early copa stages, where primarily the B team was used. If you're Sanabria and you see that Deulofeu, by and large the best player in the 2nd division, can only get Bojan minutes in the final game of the season, it makes perfect sense for you to be worried about your chances at making the team.
Then Tata Martino comes in. He talks endlessly about how much he loves the youth and how he looks forward to being able to utilize La Masia. Things are looking up for Sanabria! I mean, he was the academy's best striker and was practically carrying Juvenil A to the UEFA youth CL title. The problem is... Tata refused to use any young players. Even in the early copa rounds. At this point it's becoming pretty clear things are changing at FC Barcelona. There's no reason to ever use guys like Sanabria and Samper and Munir when you have players like Messi, Neymar, and Busquets, after all. So he left, and smartly so, as youth players finished the season with 74 minutes played, combined, across the entire season. A number Lucho broke 75 minutes into the first game of the season.
There is no "He should have been patient". There is no "Chance" that he should have been waiting for. There is no "He just needed to wait a year". These statements are upsetting because of how incredibly stupid they are. The future is impossible to predict and the likelihood that Lucho would come in and refocus the team on youth was far, far less likely than the possibility that Martino would remain in charge or that another new manager who lives in awe of his own players would end up taking the reigns. If you think players like Munir and Adama would be sticking around for another year after this one if Tata was still in charge you need to do some soul searching.
Sanabria is better than both Munir and Sandro. Yes, he went to a team that ultimately sent him back to the U-19 level, but with this new team he knows that he actually has a chance. A chance that, while at Barcelona, he knew he was almost guaranteed not to receive. By going to Roma he knew that in 2-3 years time he could quite possibly be a first team player and maybe even a starter. At Barca he knew that in 2-3 years time the best he could dream of was being the strting striker for Barca B. He will become a star one day and when he does people will look back on his time here as just another reason to hate Tata, when in reality the blame should have been put on him back in January.
The future is of course uncertain, he just made the wrong choice in the end. I mock him because the club tried everything to keep him but he still left and now the very thing he wanted is being given to someone else while he's getting worse than what was offered to him here last year. And no he isnt automaticaly going to become a star one day, Giovanni had all the talent in the world but never fulfilled his potential same with many other players. The players who become stars are the ones who keep their heads down and fight for their place in world football, if he can do that then fine)
Forgot to mention that part, How is sanabria better than Munir again? they are different types of players and I would argue that both munir and sandro fit barcalona better.
Did anyone remember Sanabria being that very good in the lower levels like Sandro and Dongou ? I think he was just good, but not exceptional, I remember Icardi and Gael Etock who were also very good at the lower levels. Sanabria never scored more than 20 goals a season as far as I can remember.
Yes. Just like Valdés and Thiago.
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Flavia
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That would depend on his priorities. He left mostly to get better wages, not just playing time. So he might be happy because of that. If he doesn't make it at roma, he wouldn't make it at Barça, so at least he's getting more money.
Ursegor
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The post Figo curse. One does not simply leave Barca and be successful elsewhere. That pig head had some Voodoo powers.
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