Remember J.D. compared buying him to Aquilani, I agreed then and still do. Hopefully we can sell him for a reasonable fee and only lose half what we paid for him.
Also a demonstration (along with Ibe) for those that need it, that even Jürgen can't turn water into wine
Is anyone saying that though, I don't see it. He's had very few training sessions with Markovic and he's made a judgement call that he's not good enough, it's that simple isn't it?
I don't believe anyone thinks Jürgen can give Balotelli the hunger and desire of Ings or give Lallana the finishing of Fowler. The suggestion is he can get more out of players than other coaches, not perform miracles.
There's a difference between development and transformation as well you know and I'd have thought it clear anyone saying Jürgen is a better manager than x,y,z are not suggesting he could turn a team of none-league players into Champions League winners.
There does seem to be a strange trend of using the previous manager's failures as demonstration of Jürgen's inability to draw more out of them. It's odd because I would have thought if Jürgen sells one of the previous manager's players it's because he thinks he should never have been bought which most of us would probably agree with. Certainly in the cases of Balotelli, Alberto etc, but no it's his inability to perform miracles that we're highlighting?
Jürgen's had a season deciding which players are worth investing his time and which aren't. The likes of Lovren/Can/Firmino etc should be the barometer of how we judge Jürgen's influence not those he simply thinks are beyond redemption.
I'd personally prefer if we judged his ability on his own players and players he does see potential in before suggesting what his limitations are. For instance in Markovic's case I believe that he sees Mane and Coutinho as his wider players therefore Markovic isn't in the first choice XI, behind that are Lallana, Ojo and Kent who, especially the latter pair, he feels he can work with and develop. So just maybe Jürgen feels he has enough talent to work with and time invested in Markovic would simply be wasted therefore the decision is simple.
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