Matey has to work his first touch off in training.
Xavi has his technical biases (hello Eric-Kounde > Araujo initially) but he also has a keen eye for IN-HOUSE talent (note not signing).
He rather quickly decided Cubarsi was the man, Lamine was, kept Fermin. Etc.
If Roque is not playing then he probably just isn't good enough right now in Xavi eyes.
There may be a hint of bias because Xavi wanted that money to be spent on a DMC, but I think majorly it is the first point.
It is what it is. Head up, work hard and play more under the new manager.
BUUUUUUT saying all that. He has a knack of finding goalscoring chances, and it would be worthwhile to rest Lewy a little more in LaLiga, and give Roque more consistently at CF. LaLiga is lost and who knows, you may just need someone who can get into the right position to score in a CL game.
We won a CL because of an excellent action Afellay performed after all, and another one because Larsson came on and changed the attacking dynamic.
