I'll take your word for it. But he never actually plays midfield when I watch him. He's either playing left forward or second striker for most games. He is also competing with Bale, Isco and Ronaldo for a starting position not Modric, Kroos and Casemiro.
Sure man, just like that Kondogbia quote, eh?
Right, that's why he deleted all his pro-Barcelona tweets upon signing...and there were many
I think a lot of it comes down to how you perceive football. Technique and effortlessness is what gets me, and asensio oozes it. As soon as you watch him play, it's apparent he has godly talent. Thiago had the same impression aswell, you can just tell when a player is so much better than pretty much everyone around him.
Sometimes we get too caught up in a single skill of a player but that's fine. It's okay to say, for example, Asensio has far better control than Mbappe and quite frankly one of the best long range shot by the looks of it. It's not fair to say that he's a far better player though, because he hasn't proven that. Mbappe is much more accomplished already and he's three years younger.
Position means nothing for most modern attacking players, and certainly in regards to asensio
Asensio doesn't have a fixed position on the pitch. He plays a free role. He doesn't compete with Kroos/Modric because he's more attacking and has goals in him, and we have options to replace those two without the need to play Asensio in a stricter role
Did you have the same opinion a month ago? If not, then how can one La Liga game and two pre-season cup games change your opinion? Maybe you never rated Mbappe, then fair enough.
Started to take notice of both around the same time, and then asensio was just phenomenal in the under 21 tournament.
I agree to a certain extent with your post. I agree that young players shouldn't be judged entirely based on their productivity. But it is a fair metric to bring up if someone says that attacking player X is far superior than attacking player Y. If that were true, those goals and assists would back up this overwhelming superiority.
I kind of agree with this in THEORY a player like Martial should be doing better in a team like Real Madrid, but have you seen Asensio play and the goals he's scored? It's not like he's getting carried at all or made look better by his teammates, they can't do that with Bale currently, but more like he's the one making things happen and playing with a lot of confidence.
It's the quality of his shooting in particular that separates him right now. Usually on target and rarely doesn't have power + precision.
He's at RM since he was 16 + he's spanish, that kind of makes him "a local boy". A local boy doesn't need to be from madrid.
He joined Madrid at 19-20, he's got old tweets celebrating Barca victories and he's certainly not a "local boy" because he's Spanish, come on.
He was born in Palma and joined from Mallorca about three years ago and spent a season and a half on loan. He's only had one season playing with them. You wouldn't know your shit if it came out your own asshole.
What shit do you know? Cause it ain't the truth.
Berbatouch, Berbaskill, Berbagoal, Berbatrick. Love him to bits. Yes I believe everyone has their own preference what they want from their dream footballer.
Damn, that's high praise from Real supporters. To put that into perspective for some of the younger folk, Raul was butchering teams when he was still a teenager:No he's not, i don't know where you got this from
@Enjuto have to say i kind of agree. Which is absurd when i think about it, Raul at his age was ridiculous. People here talk about Rooney, Raul was no less than that as a teenager
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Wow didn't know.
Aye, I got what you meant mate. It's high praise but it doesn't even seem unreasonable to me. He's incredibly talented and he's impressed me every time I've seen him play.
Bit premature to compare him to Raul, but also alot of shitting on Asensio talent in the last page or so.. almost saying he just has a wand of a left foot and nothing else. He is a excellent dribbler (an area which I can see improving even further), strong carrier of the ball over long distances, a brilliant first touch and an innate sense of where to move off the ball and links up play well. He may just be going through a purple patch and I do think saying he is a Ballon D'or level talent is very premature (I don't think he is as good as the likes of Dembele in terms of overall potential) but there is no reason why he can't be top 5 attacking midfielder in the world if he continues to improve his game - seems to have a great mental attitude for his age.
For some reason that makes me doubt he has what it takes to be a great player. Even Ronnie has never had that happen to him and there isn't a single place where he hasn't shaved.
Comical injury.
He should feck himself. I have put him in my fantasy team and my bench players will never play a min of CL football.
Well....he did miss a game for us for taking skin off his ballsack when waxing.
and why do they do it ?
that one wasn't much better
