He was always going to need time to improve, I disagree with some posters who say Atletico was a bad choice for him, I think he picked well.
Spanish side, so easy to settle in.
They play with a #10 and that's his best position.
We could never afford him though, and I don't see this position as necessary as an actual striker like Haaland who should be our target.
I think he would have hit the ground running if he had come here for about 60-80m as was being suggested at the time.
Once he went to Atletico he was always going to face a sink or swim period where he adapted to Simeone or not.
If he has, he will get incredible amounts of plaudits because he'll he the one guy in the atletico side that has that license to produce magic.
I said when he was at Benfica that I thought he would replace Messi at Barcelona and I think that's still on target. Another 18 months at Atleti and he will be perfect for Barcelona.