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My main knowledge of Gomes is from a friend, Valencia fan, and retired scout (though never at this level so take that for what it's worth), who had tears on his eyes when Valencia sold him to Barca. Yes, he was sad, but he was also laughing too hard to contain the tears at getting as much as they did. I asked last year about him and he described him similarly to how I think many of us would describe Mason, a decent passer but with enough gaps and weakenesses in his game you could walk a team right through him if you wanted but uses passion to drive him to outperform and cover those weaknesses.
At Barca he seems to have no passion so I guess he is not performing at all. To me that has all the markings of a Europa League squad player. Not a title and CL challenging team. If he's cheap and Poch thinks he can work some magic on him then I won't grump (too loudly - no promises) but I will be very skeptical.
At Barca he seems to have no passion so I guess he is not performing at all. To me that has all the markings of a Europa League squad player. Not a title and CL challenging team. If he's cheap and Poch thinks he can work some magic on him then I won't grump (too loudly - no promises) but I will be very skeptical.