When Sevilla came knocking for Bryan Gil towards the end of the January transfer window, the Tottenham player jumped at the chance of returning to his former club.
Having failed to fully convince Antonio Conte despite having played a bit more following the World Cup, the winger needed more game time to develop, and the La Liga side were ready to give it to him.
The Tottenham winger also knew he would be reuniting with a manager who believes in him in Jorge Sampaoli, who publicly expressed his admiration for the young forward throughout the transfer window.
Back there on loan until the end of the season, the Spaniard has featured regularly since his arrival, but AS explain that he hasn’t always been given his favoured role as his manager tries various things.
While he did play on the left wing against Barcelona, his game against Mallorca was very different, as the outlet explain Sampaoli had ‘prepared an unprecedented experience’, handing him the entirety of the left-hand side in a 3-4-2-1 formation with ‘many more defensive obligations than usual’.
However, the Tottenham loanee ‘more than complied’, and even found himself scoring the second in their 2-0 victory, despite facing one of the better full-backs in the league in Pablo Maffeo.
This just shows what Spurs have on their hands, but they need a manager who believes in him, which Conte seems reluctant to do, clearly deeming him not fully prepared for Premier League football.
