He's hit or miss, invisible at times (the shock of his first game at City, compared to his latest in an Arsenal shirt...).
He won the European title with the U-17.
There are 3 other players who won it with him : Ben Arfa (a troublemaker til he went to Newcastle, had a chat with De Jong and been trusted by Pardew, it now looks like it is the past), Benzema (who had problems with Ben Arfa when they were at Lyon), Ménez (who's had trouble with his partners at PSG - Nene, Pastore... and who seems to consider he ain't a piece of shit)...
So it might stem from that.
They took for granted they were the elite and haven't questioned that that much.
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