I agree with this. He has massive talent and is a potential Ballon D'or winner. As of now, he is an exceptional young player but not the finished article and that's exactly where he should be at this stage in his carrer. Put it this way, Messi would have scored 4 in Leroy's position tonight and that's no detraction from an excellent performance from Leroy, it just shows he is still developing.Simultaneously the best player on the pitch tonight and the main reason it wasn't 4 or 5.
Pep's said it a few times, he's got to work on his final ball and decision making in the final third, but when he gets that right he'll be unstoppable, especially in the Champions League where the counterattack becomes a much bigger weapon for us.
Currently? Or in some future imagination?
If you can cross, you can take a free kick. We should be getting Mendy to have a pop as well when he's fit.I'm going to do an 'I told you so' regarding his striking of a free kick.
As I've said before, I recon he should be aiming for Ronaldo kind of level in that regard, as he has the same kind of raw ability.
He will probably never be as good with his head, as we would see it starting to happen already, but imo he should actually become the same level, striking a ball & it's upto Pep to get him there.
That free kick is from practice, no doubt about it, so that's a good sign.
He is 22! of course he is still developing,comparing him to messi lol or am i reading you wrong?I agree with this. He has massive talent and is a potential Ballon D'or winner. As of now, he is an exceptional young player but not the finished article and that's exactly where he should be at this stage in his carrer. Put it this way, Messi woild have scored 4 in Leroy's position tonight and that's no distraction from an excellent performance from Leroy tonight, it just shows he is still developing.