Real is just an awful choice. You have far less chance breaking through to the first team there than you do almost anywhere else. I'm not saying he won't, I just don't think it was thr smartest career move.
Real is just an awful choice. You have far less chance breaking through to the first team there than you do almost anywhere else. I'm not saying he won't, I just don't think it was thr smartest career move.
No. I am saying that he is known as the greatest talent alive. Two very different things.
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This wasn't a gamble, you know. Real Madrid will get their money back ten times at least. Odegaard in the meantime is virtually certain he'll get to play for them in the near future and is earning millions already. Win win.
I am just saying that sometimes stepping up one step, or two steps at a time can and normally does work out better than jumping from the bottom to the top in one go. Many young players have come and gone because of it, the biggest test IMO, is from 16/17-19/20 the most important one that is.
I am just saying that sometimes stepping up one step, or two steps at a time can and normally does work out better than jumping from the bottom to the top in one go. Many young players have come and gone because of it, the biggest test IMO, is from 16/17-19/20 the most important one that is.
The same does not hold true for supertalents. Ronaldo went to Manchester United. Messi always played for Barcelona. The very definition of a supertalent is that the same rules do not apply.
Ronaldo was still 18 years old and played basically a full season in Portugal, it is still a big difference. Messi didn't have the price tag to live up to either, not saying he didn't have pressure though.
Ronaldo was still 18 years old and played basically a full season in Portugal, it is still a big difference. Messi didn't have the price tag to live up to either, not saying he didn't have pressure though.
True. The pressure is immense. But I still think he has all what is necessary to succeed. I'm not a fan of small steps for big talents. They usually get stuck somewhere along the way.
Real is just an awful choice. You have far less chance breaking through to the first team there than you do almost anywhere else. I'm not saying he won't, I just don't think it was thr smartest career move.