Following his much anticipated transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251 continues to warm the bench after spending eight months with Real Madrid.
Los Blancos manager, Jose Mourinho, reflected on the absence of Nuri Sahin from the first team and called the German-born ‘physically and mentally in preseason’.
The Turkish midfielder has passed the physical problems that prevented him from starting the season normally, but he continues to linger on the sidelines at the Santiago Bernabeu.
After being named the Best Player in Bundesliga at the end of 2010/11 season, Sahin’s stock has decreased over time due to his sporadic appearances in Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.
He failed to make the squad for the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Santander and travels to Moscow with similar fate awaiting him. Sahin has taken the pitch for a paltry 24 minutes since his arrival, and is the least utilized player to arrive in the summer of
2011.
His league debut came in the 7-1 thrashing of Osasuna in early November, taking on the pitch to replace http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 with Sahin, but the
Portuguese coach has not tested the former Borussia Dortmund star.
The German-born Turkish star has shown glimpses of his talent, but lack of first team football is beginning to show its signs. The former Borussia Dortmund player shined in both legs of Copa del Rey tie with Ponferradina and was also awarded time on
the pitch against Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-Granero-c12919 impressing lately, Sahin’s future with Los Blancos looks bleak to say the least. He is a shadow of the player who was destined to eventually replace Xabi Alonso in the first team.
Despite Mourinho continuing to state his admiration for the tireless midfielder time and time again, Sahin’s journey with Real Madrid is anything but ending.
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