There are different skills. If you mean ball skills there are few players that have that level of skill.Haaland for instance certainly doesn't.Which was my point, and my point still stands I don't believe he will be good enough to get a near permanent start.
Nowhere near the level of Phil at the same age and now.
There are different skills. If you mean ball skills there are few players that have that level of skill.Haaland for instance certainly doesn't.
However if you mean positional awareness and intelligent ball use in a tight midfield, I believe he certainly has the skills.
There aren't to many 18 year olds who have been given MOTM in a champions league game in midfield.
Only time will tell, personally I'm very optimistic about his prospects.
He's getting a lot more game time than Phil was at the same age.Which was my point, and my point still stands I don't believe he will be good enough to get a near permanent start.
Nowhere near the level of Phil at the same age and now.
Pep obviously rates Lewis higher than Foden at the same age. His minutes show that.There are different skills. If you mean ball skills there are few players that have that level of skill.Haaland for instance certainly doesn't.
However if you mean positional awareness and intelligent ball use in a tight midfield, I believe he certainly has the skills.
There aren't to many 18 year olds who have been given MOTM in a champions league game in midfield.
Only time will tell, personally I'm very optimistic about his prospects.
The team Foden was trying to break into was FAR deeper than that which Rico is. I also think Pep is far more lenient with chances for young players now that he's won the lot and most things twice over.Pep obviously rates Lewis higher than Foden at the same age. His minutes show that.
Pep never picks youth in midfield. You have to be almost perfect to get a spot as a 6 or 8 in his teams, yet Rico is trusted more in there now than Foden is.
Foden as a free attacker is superb though and this post wasn’t intended to diss him.
I disagree. Foden’s lack of pausa has stopped him being a Pep central midfielder. He says it quite often. Foden is like a bird etc.The team Foden was trying to break into was FAR deeper than that which Rico is. I also think Pep is far more lenient with chances for young players now that he's won the lot and most things twice over.
Good article. I have little doubt he'll make it here and be an important player for us.MAIL : The kid with the hair
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