Senatore_M84
Milan Legend
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- Dec 12, 2007
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Let's not lie though. Pique went to man utd. Fabregas went to arsenal. Fergie and wenger are two of top handful of talent developers over the past 25 years and in both cases there influence shows. Particularly fabregas who came as more of a xavi clone and is now a muuch more advanced direct trequartista type. He went to arsenal same age messi went to barca so its only fair to credit wenger a bit for his transformation as much as it is to credit barca for his fundamental development.
A start contrast is barca yourg who showed great promise on youth level (or in some cases higher) and left early for poor situations. Giovani dos santos is prime example for me as he was very impressive at 17/18 then moved prematurely to bad situations and really hasn't reached where he could be. There are other examples who have been poached and just not developed. Fran merida, iago at jube. Even milan grabbed a kid over summer though he's only 18 (carmona)
A start contrast is barca yourg who showed great promise on youth level (or in some cases higher) and left early for poor situations. Giovani dos santos is prime example for me as he was very impressive at 17/18 then moved prematurely to bad situations and really hasn't reached where he could be. There are other examples who have been poached and just not developed. Fran merida, iago at jube. Even milan grabbed a kid over summer though he's only 18 (carmona)