Usually when a footballer’s form is deemed ‘suspicious’, it’s an insinuation he’s playing better than would be expected and there’s a wink-wink-nudge-nudge suggestion of doping.
That’s not the case with Nolito, who is hugely failing to impress following his transfer from Manchester City to Sevilla. El Confidencial take a look at the situation, and say Nolito ‘continues at suspicious levels’… in a bad way.
Apart from a really good performance against Eibar in September, in which the forward scored one and assisted another, Nolito hasn’t been playing well and it’s clearly causing some contrvoersy.
El Confidencial explain everything was in place for the 31 year old to settle in immediately at Sevilla and add something to the team.
Expectations have been ‘diluted’ since the player arrived from Manchester City and showed the level he’s actually at, and that hasn’t improved with time as hoped for.
It’s hard to work out just what the Spanish media outlet are trying to get at, whether Manchester City sold Sevilla a dud or not. The truth is probably a combination of things: Expectations being too high, Nolito being nowhere near his best, perhaps missing some motivation, and not being in peak match fitness.
From Nolito’s perspective, there’s every chance he blamed too mmany of his woes on Manchester City and England, and has been shocked to find that, upon arriving back in Spain, he’s not suddenly in his best ever form.
