saivet
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Pretty good video. A key reason why he performed so well at Dortmund was that he had players on a similar wavelength. It's all well and good that he linked up and performed well with the likes of Haaland, Reus, Bellingham, Brandt etc. but we don't have those kind of players nor do we play similar football so he has to adapt and be braver in how he plays. That comes with confidence and he needs to pick get that back, there are clips from his Dortmund days where he's doing things I think he's scared to even try right now. I think he has the ability to make it work but with the likes of Rashford, Antony, Garnacho and Martial, he needs to do it sooner.
I think how he reacts to this break of him not being in good form and not going to the World Cup, will be a real indication of where things will go for him. He needs to use this break to improve his fitness, work hard in training and demonstrate to ETH why he should be stating, both in training and when he gets the opportunity on the pitch. If England and/or Brazil make the semi-finals, you'd think he'll be in line to start the league cup game and our first league game back and he has to show more from then.