KaneDomBadBoy
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Another issue I have with Carlos Vinicius is that he was dropped from the Benfica first XI when we bought him.
So the decision for Jose not to start him up front when Kane was injured, wasn't just his solitary judgment, clearly the Benfica manager felt the same way too. If he wasn't good enough to start in Portuguese league, it was always unlikely he would be good enough for PL.
I'm not going to say that Vinicius is good enough for the PL, because he probably isn't, and that's exactly what I said on my first post here, I'm not here to relentlessly defend him like a dumb fanboy. I defend Benfica, that's all
But the "isn't good enough for league X therefore can't play in superior league Y" is not always that simple.
-Raul Jimenez wasn't good enough to start in the Portuguese league.
- Luka Jovic wasn't good enough to even be in Benfica's 25 player squad, he was a B-team player, and not an amazing one there. When he was loaned to Frankfurt he had a ridiculously low fee if they wanted to sign him, because he was a nobody with an irrelevant career in Portugal.
-Vinicius had much better numbers in Portugal than those two combined.
-Bernardo Silva was quickly rushed out of Benfica for a low fee, because he was also a nobody. Note: a nobody to the manager, the fans were sure he was going to be a top top player.
-Jan Oblak was the 2nd/3rd choice keeper, before the clearly inferior 1st choice goalkeeper made a ton of mistakes, forcing the manager to give a chance to Oblak. Again, the fans knew Oblak's quality way before the manager.
-Our manager is a stubborn cunt, and if for any reason he doesn't like a player (he doesn't like Vinicius), doesn't matter if he is Messi, he won't be given a fair chance and will be quickly kicked out of the club (see Bernardo Silva, the stupid manager wanted to play him as a left back...)