Don't know how high his ceilling is but I would say he's going through a normal developing curve which is fine.
Lamine, Pau and before them Gavi and Ansu should be more exceptions to the rule than a new norm if we ever want to become a normal club again. Don't get me wrong, it's always great to see homegrown kids in the first team but not healthy neither for them nor for the club to have so much workload and responsibility on their shoulders at such a young age. It's hard to go back now though as most kids will expect if not demand to get first team opportunities or they will look to leave. And clearly none of them is anywhere close to current Yamal or even Cubarsi's level.
Fans perceptions has also changed a lot. If nowadays a 17 year old kid is not playing regularly for the first team people think he'll "never make it here". When not even a decade ago it was more usual for players in early twenties making their breakthrough. Players this age nowadays like Pedri, Gavi and Balde are already seen as veterans because they are around for so long. And then we see complaints how they've not developed etc. (not taking into account injuries they all had do deal with that have actually stalled their progress).
So it's good to also have likes of Fermin and Casado on the other side to show patience and hard work also pay off when you are not extremely talented above average player at 16 or 17. Hopefully in 4-5 years we'll have a strong first team core and kids will get more time and healthier environment to develop.
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