He just looks so timid a lot of the time.
This! He's not feeling well, he seems not integrated, neither in the team nor the country, something is wrong. Remember the look from Robbo to him the last game when both intervened? Robbo not just looked at him, but he looked at him in disgust. It could be nothing, it could be everything. The difference to other examples of slow developers (Robbo, Ox,Fab) is that Keita did already shine at the beginning of the season. Then he
regressed. That is usually a very bad sign.
The worst thing is to bench him now. Keita needs games, games and again games to get experience and hopefully good experiences at some point that can build his confidence. And Jürgen should also look at the psychological side which is not his strength. Keita lacks something, he's not there mentally, it seems obvious. Remembers me on Immobile at Dortmund (with Klopp) who'd complain about not being integrated into the team and Klopp did nothing, eventually Immobile escaped.
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