I think he’s been horribly mismanaged. He’s fallen victim to Valverde’s cronyism, who is consistently guilty of picking on reputation rather than form.
He played really well against Madrid a few weeks ago and his reward?...a grand total of 5 minutes in a six week period. No doubt people will criticism him if he performs less than adequately next time he is randomly afforded a start. Players need match rhythm and confidence. Malcom certainly doesn’t have the former, and I’d be surprised if he has the latter.
I still can’t believe that this deep into the season, we haven’t seen a Dembele—-Messi—-Malcom front three ONCE. Almost certainly the paciest forward line we could put out. I don’t want to hear it wouldn’t work, because it’s never been tried.