JamDav1982
Senior Member
Iniesta would still be a top player.
Wasnt as small as Puig and was in a completely different league ability wise.
Wasnt as small as Puig and was in a completely different league ability wise.
Pedri is THE breakout player in 2021.
Messi with a walker will win another balloon door this year
Jorginho is another trendy candidate
de Jong is arguably Barcelonas best player
It is disrespectful to compare Puig to Pedri, Jorginho or De Jong. Not only are all 3 better physically and especially the last 2 but crucially they are light years better in their skill. Nobody says you can't be small and good but when you have a very poor physique you must make it up with skill/speed. Puig does not, as far as we can see.
If Puig had the ability of any of those 3 it would be a different discussion.
Because he knows deep down that he is beyond shit, and must keep playing golf with the president, attend zoom parties, and cook food on BarcaTV in order to be a professional.
Or he is a fan of the club and still feels he has support from the club (other than the coach).
I guess 1,5 years without full trust would be enough for you to leave anything regardless.
Which elite-level player would spend 2 years on the bench anywhere with loan offers on the table?
Someone who is a bigger fan of the club than you, might.
I'm not that big of a fan of the club, I am not from the city or anything, didn't play for them or so. I expected him to leave this summer tbh, especially with Koeman staying and keeping mistreating him, but I cannot hold it against him that he stays.
I have not seen him moan one time or underperform when he was given trust, he is acting VERY professionally, respecting his contract, it seems to me.
So his aspiration is to start for the club regularly because he loves it? Right?
He's been told he is getting no minutes this season so don't you agree its better for him to go out, prove himself, add more to his game, and when he comes back with Koeman presumably gone he will be a better player for it?
Or do you mean he just enjoys living in Barcelona and enjoys his 'popularity'
If he enjoys riding the bench and not playing thats fine but at the same time people shouldn't jump to his defense like he's being wronged. He isn't helping to present his case to play for Barca.