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I have been a very harsh critic of Bentaleb in the past. I thought he gave the ball away cheaply far too often and was stuck in between positions. I am at fault for putting so much pressure on the kid at such an early age cause the physical ability has always been there. I just seemed to never like his attitude as it always felt he didn't want to be a part of it.
But after watching him this year at Schalke, I have to say I am very proud of the kid. Dude is changing my opinion of him with every game he plays further up the pitch. The more and more I see him in that german side, I say "he is direct competition for Eriksen and Dele."
Now that is a complete 180 after what I was saying in the offseason, so well done kid, well done!!!
Is there a chance to pull him back off loan? We could really use some competition in our anemic midfield
Super unlikely, I would welcome him back but Poch has probably written him off. Just know the 18mill we get from Schalke will go into offsetting the 30 mill we spent on Sissoko