Every now again I saw him for Lille, but definitely not every game.
I'm not uncertain about his technical qualities, my only issue with him is his, for lack of a better word, "attitude".
As soon as things go somewhat wrong (which he has never experienced at Lille when you think about it), he starts acting like a retarded 12 year old.
- Our previous manager (Advocaat) criticized him heavily numerous times because of it, going as far as saying "change, or f*ck off & don't come back". The one before that also had similar issues with him.
- Leaving the dressing room & stadium after being subbed out (that Turkey game, when he sucked) and going for a hamburger with only 1 reason: showing everyone that he doesn't care about the team if he's not playing himself.
- Putting a 1 page ad (open letter if you want) in the papers saying that everyone should love him & that he is being treated wrongly.
- Etc
I wouldn't even have a problem with all these things, if he actually performed for the NT, but he didn't. Prove something first, then act like a whiny little bitch is what I say.
Question is though: why no problems at Lille, yet one episode after the other (regardless of our manager) with the NT? Regardless of the club he ends up at, it's definitely something to take into account imo. Which may explain why teams so far seem to have been hesitant to come up with the big money for him. (Except for PSG.)
I'd still like him at Juve though