Barcelona’s Bojan Krkic: First team starter to the last man on bench – Spanish La Liga debate
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 has had an illustrated career so far, winning the UEFA Champions League twice and La Liga thrice. He has played at every level for Spain, from U17 to a solitary appearance for the national team. The player has had the world at his feet as he
received medals one after the other. However, his time in Barcelona nears its end as he braces himself for a move abroad.
Enterprising London-based outfits are interested in the player as AS Roma look favourites to book his signature. With the former Barcelona academy coach, Luis Enrique, now in charge of La Maggica, Rome looks like the player’s preferred destination. The revolution
underway at Stadio Olimpico will have Bojan spearhead the attack, a feat he would have liked to accomplish in Catalan surroundings.
It has been a difficult ride for the Spaniard in Barcelona. The player was expected to be the future star of the Spanish giants but never made the starting place his own. As Samuel Eto’o left the dressing room, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 made his way in. The Swede
was unable to handle the Catalan machinery and moved on the very next season. Bojan was given his fair share of chances to impress, yet sadly he failed to deliver for his beloved club.
The 2010/11 season did not see a reversal in fortunes for the twenty year old. The player was competing against the likes of Pedro and David Villa in the starting line up, and gave up on the pursuit of first team football, happy with the peripheral role
he had at the club. Breaking into an attack containing the likes of David Villa, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Pedro was always a mammoth task, but Bojan was nowhere near the standards he had set for himself in 2007.
The player moved down the pecking order as more Barcelona B players were inducted into the first team, and the addition of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547 restricted the player’s outings even further. Competition should never be held as an excuse as the player had plenty
of chances to cement his place in the starting eleven. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 went through a torrid time following the January transfer window, and Bojan could have made the starting berth his own but he had lost his prolific appetite.
The player’s stock has depreciated over the years and Barcelona want to cash in on the troubled star. The stalling in Bojan’s development is not purely his own fault; Barcelona should shoulder their fair share of blame. The player has been unsettled throughout
his time in Cataluña. With the coach bringing in one high profile striker after another, one is left to wonder if the youngster was ever in the first team plans.
Slotting the player in a variety of positions did his growth little benefit. Bojan has played in every position in the attacking trident of the Catalan giants; left forward, right forward and behind the striker, but rarely in his favoured centre-forward
role.
The enterprising youngster was seen as the future of Barcelona but now he is looking to ply his trade somewhere else. In Rome, Bojan will be given the opportunity to show his true potential. Manager Luis Enrique is well aware of Bojan’s abilities and would
like to harness them further; carrying on from the work he started as the head of Barcelona B. Bojan should pack his bags and mount the Roman train. He might not get an opportunity better than this one.
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