Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez has been mauled by former Colombia boss Jorge Luis Pinto after his disappointing displays during the international break.
The Spurs centre-back has been facing intense criticism over the last week or so, first and foremost because of his decision to travel to play for Colombia despite Coronavirus issues.
He then found himself facing criticism for his performances on the pitch, with poor displays in the draws with Paraguay and Bolivia seeing the knives come out.
The sternest of those saw him labelled both ‘clumsy and incompetent’ by his nation’s media, which should indicate the extent to which they were unimpressed by the Tottenham man.
Indeed, such has been the level of criticism that his teammate David Ospina even recently jumped to his defence in a bid to stem the tide.
That’s seemingly not had the desired effect, though, with former coach Pinto now sharing his less than stellar opinion of the Tottenham centre-back.
“Four years ago, I told my son, who loves football, that Davinson is not a centre-back for the Colombia national team,” he told ESPN F90, relayed by Marca.
“With all the respect that Davinson deserves, he is a healthy, correct, hardworking man and everything, but he doesn’t have the talent, the playing time, all those details that a centre-back needs.
“The time of play, the handling of game intent, the handling of backs, the defensive breakdowns, the shock impact that sometimes you can’t be so aggressive.
“Davinson is an extraordinary human being, as the lads have told me, but he lacks that slow, balanced handling of the play, knowing how to correspond to the line of 4.
“I have said that the line of 4 is a collective system, it is not an individual action, it is a system of 4 and with the midfielders of 6 or 8 players, and Davinson lacks that combination, that collective understanding.”
