#player-development

#player-development

When we played them a month ago, I was just blown away by how good they were. Every team has a different set of circumstances. The Celtics sure aren't used to being an afterthought and they kind of were before the season with Jayson's injury and the departures of Kristaps and Al Horford.

Jashari seemed like being the statement signing to help the post-Reijnders rebuild, and yet by the time the summer window closed, he found himself jostling with the likes of Luka Modric, Adrien Rabiot, Youssouf Fofana and Samuele Ricci. The injury really did not help the settling in process, and more on that is to come, but the idea was probably always that the first season would be about learning behind Modric, one of the best to ever play the role of midfield metronome.

I do not hide this. Flick was the person who changed me. Not the mentality because I've always had it, but he changed my belief of knowing where I could get. [He showed me] Where I could get as a player and how to evolve as a person. I always say it, he changed everything for me and I don't hide.

We have made efforts to sign Cancelo because he has shown time and time again that he's a crazy Barcelona fan. That is a rare feeling nowadays in plays, and we are trying to bring it back. I didn't bring anyone in; I just try to do my best. I don't like these accolades; the club is what matters.

After electrifying the game as a 16 and 17-year-old, when it was announced Kobe McDonald was going at the end of this season, the Mayo people's disappointment was like the time the Templenoe parish priest told his flock that Pat Spillane's first baby was a girl.

Newcastle don't want to put the player up for sale at the moment. Not even Woltemade wants to make a move now. If he were to do so now, it would give off the impression that he hasn't "made it" at Newcastle. He wants to prove that he's better and is good enough for Newcastle.