Has Rico made it though, he has palyed played similar number of games as palmer last season and if honest looks like he isn't displacing walker now he has adapted to the new system.
Yes he has had a lot of praise from the manager, but plenty of smoke was blown up Palmers arse when he debuted by Pep, and we still seem to opt to buy ready made player than risk a less successful season and try the youth, eventually selling them on.
After last seson I would have been happy to see Palmer, McAtee & Lewis fully blooded into the first 11 over buying replacing mahrez and gundo and risked a less successful year.