feggydinho
Senior Member
Honestly, it seems people don't know how good Villa was
Ansu Fati (loaned to Brighton)
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Richard.H
Senior Member
He is so underrated in this forum which is incredible. Guy could pass really well also was an integral part of the 2011 La Liga+CL double. If he wasn't injured we probably would've won CL in 2012 as well.
fergus90
Senior Member
Downgrade to the level of Spain?s all time top goalscorer, 130 goals for Valencia, plus a Champions League final goal scorer and World Cup winner/ top goal scorer then.
Setting the bar a bit low...
malvolio
Senior Member
should have got him instead of zlatan. we probably would have won 3 consecutive CLs before madrid.
instead he had his best season of his career at valencia(also won WC with spain that summer) and we got him too late. after his first season here injuries broke him.
Crazy that at the same age a quality player like David Villa was at the youth categories of UP Langreo while Fati already has goals for Spain and in LaLiga and the Champions League.
At the same time it is a reality check that trajectory isn't linear. Fernando Torres broke into Atletico Madrid first team at 16 yet few would put him higher than Villa on a player list (although Torres was never really the same after 09 with the knee problems).
BTW, Henry @ Monaco. I think that in the first 2 goals, that he is around Ansu current age. You can see a slight resemblence although we know that Henry has pace that Ansu just doesn't.
At the same time it is a reality check that trajectory isn't linear. Fernando Torres broke into Atletico Madrid first team at 16 yet few would put him higher than Villa on a player list (although Torres was never really the same after 09 with the knee problems).
BTW, Henry @ Monaco. I think that in the first 2 goals, that he is around Ansu current age. You can see a slight resemblence although we know that Henry has pace that Ansu just doesn't.
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serghei
Senior Member
True. David Villa is in the conversation for the best striker of his generation. Probably only under Eto'o imo. Better than Zlatan and Rooney for example.
clemente
New member
Villa had the historical "peak" but pretty much nobody EVER talks about him outside barca fans
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Well yeah, guy, he played most of his prime at Valencia and Barca. So makes sense that he doesn?t have as high a profile anymore outside of Barca, Spain, and NYCFC fans.
tacticvarium
New member
Just because he isn't popular in English media, it DOESN'T mean nobody talks about him lol. English doesn't represent the world duh.
FCBarca
Mike the Knife
He has the tools to surpass Villa level IMHO but agree he is still a far distance from that. And I say that despite Ansu already being further ahead than El Guaje was at a similar age. David has a killer edge that I don't yet see in Fati but also fairly understandable considering his youth. Of course, Messi at a similar age was like a relentless pitbull at 17 too
If nothing else, I hope Messi can help confer some of that personality to the player rather than the happy go lucky persona he has. A forward has to be ruthless
Fati_Future_BallonDor
Well-known member
Was David Villa better than peak Suarez ?
Respekt_III
Anti-everything
Batistuta9
New member
I don't think he was. Even though David Villa is underrated, peak Suarez was outrageously good. He was a pressing monster and could win games on his own from absolutely nothing over his 2-3 year peak.
CatalinR10
Senior Member
nah fam , Suarez on his day pulled out incredible shit and had best goals + assists stat in a year during Messi + CR dominance.
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