I think he had an ok season, he’s definitely a very, very good footballer. I think next season he can really kick on and prove his obvious ability.
It can’t be easy coming from a mid table kind of club to a club expected to win everything and have a £100m tag placed on you, especially as an English player in England, you’re under the microscope all the time. He didn’t decide the amount, it’s simply a contract clause.
He definitely needs to step up a level though, no doubt, but I like his interviews because he’s completely self aware of what he needs to do better. for me, that is the important part and why I feel he will really move up a level next season. I hope he feels like he has more freedom to run at players instead of keeping possession all the time because there’s not many better than him. Yeah you might lose the ball plenty, that’s the nature of playing that way, but you also might carve out 2 or 3 good chances a game too.
let him feel he can play to his strengths a bit more and he can cause defences fits, I’m sure.