mr_nool wrote:I don't want to be a negative twat and to piss on everyone's parade, but from what I've seen from Guidetti he doesn't have what it takes to become a world class player. He's on a purple patch right now and seems to be scoring for fun, but if you look at his game it is quite evident that he lacks that extra bit of pace necessary to take the final step.
There are plenty of youngsters who have set the Dutch league alight for half a season or a season to then fall from grace. One good example is the Swede Marcus Berg, who went to Groningen when he was twenty. He had a difficult first season, but was outstanding the second season and also became MVP in the Euros for under 21's. He was then sold to Hamburg where he flopped, then loaned to PSV where he flopped,and is now back in Hamburg where he can't even make the bench. And going on pure football qualities, I actually rate Berg higher than Guidetti.
It's funny one this. On one hand he seems to possess something you wouldn't expect from 19 year old on the other hand there's some rawness in his technical side of his game top talent maybe shouldn't have.
One thing is for sure though. We need to give him chance of some sorts next season. Otherwise it will be hard to attract youth talent in future as we'd get labelled as a team that doesn't give chances no matter what you do.