Don't remember it like that. He went straight in to the starting 11 under Bobby as a 19 year old and hardly made mistakes (especially compared to the guy he replaced, Savic, who also turned out great in the end). Most fans really rated him. If anyone hated him for no apparent reason it was Pellegrini who refused to play him over a shite Mangala and a old mistake-prone Demichelis. I seem to remember him being so totally left out from the squad at the time was so baffling, there were heavy rumors at the time he actually served a drug-banHe was a gundogan, a Dzeko. Fans hated him for no reason, he didn’t fit in.
Did he get drawn out of a raffle for us to be linked with him?!
Shite player, shite league and I wouldn't give them cnuts my last penny!
People said the exact same thing about VVD. Look how that turned out.