I mean we’ve literally got him playing over a decade of professional football and never learning anything under a wide variety of coaches.
It’s lazy to just blame injuries. That didn’t prevent him developing other elements of his game to improve his overall contribution to a team.
10 years at Arsenal and Barcelona youth teams. Arsenal as a professional then Barcelona, Real Betis and even a stint at Sporting Lisbon.
Guys never been anything more than a pace merchant.
Pace is one of the most important attributes in a modern full/wing back. Lose that, you lose the ability to get back behind the ball, to get into a good position to close down and tackle as well as blunting your attacking ability. That’s without highlighting the less obvious physical health, mental health, motivational and confidence issues that serious and/or lengthy injuries can have on players. They’re not machines.
Doesn’t matter how many coaches he’s worked under since Wenger, if he’s lost an essential ingredient because of injuries, he’s never getting back to where he was. See Emile Smith-Rowe for details.
I think you might be discounting how much easier it would have been to develop those extra skills while still having insane pace.
I’m not giving him a total pass for failing to do it, but if he’s gone from having potentially elite pace (which I think is debatable itself) to having just pretty good pace, your opposing fullback or winger don’t really have to stress as much so they can be ready for something other than a push and run.
Obviously not official but very tidy. Love the detailed crests
Oh that is magnificent.
i think it sucks donkey balls tbh especially the club 
I like that Barcelona top but the size of the collar seems really disproportionate. It’s a possible for me.
Remove the sponsor logo and that’s a beautiful kit.
Reminds me of their kit around 2000 I think. The Rivaldo, Figo, Kluivert times
Nike did a reissue of the Rivaldo hattrick kit, so that would have been their 00-01 kit. It’s sensational.
Nah it’s the 99-00 one. Just checked it
Right?
This is the one I know they did a reissue on because I bought it with the hopes of finding a Rivaldo nameset.
But that one is also very nice.
Maybe im wrong here but to me a barca kit should look like this.
I don’t like any of them that stray from the stripes tbh.
This is the best Barcelona kit ever. Reminds me of R9 lol
If the rumors are true and they’re signing with Puma get ready for the worst kits ever.
Yep, always think the half and half Barca kits just look off. Stripes are a must.
Do Kappa still make kits? They’re missed.
They do and they’re excellent.
They still have Fiorentina and I think Genoa.
They used to have Napoli and Betis until very recently and produced some great stuff for them.
Although some of the stuff they did for Napoli was real bad. I always chalked that up to AdL being a wacko.
This is the best Barca kit.
This is a close second.
