Over rated by press, over price by club. The minimum cap by FIFA
on home grown talent force club to buy local player at an over
price rate. Many better players from South American are much
cheaper. As some have said in the other thread on % cap by FIFA,
this kind of overnight success for some young player, eg Rooney,
made them over price and Country team manger cannot ignore him.
Manager should try out other player rather than trying to find
partner for the so call super star. It is also important to able to
take risk, eg Walcott in 06 world cup, to field him since he was
selected. The recent U21 game had proof that such talent can
perform in big stage.
Someone suggested Wenger as manager, yes, he is that sort of
technically sound manager to lead the team. Understand the players
strength and position/develop them well. England for years lack the
kind of support to put together a pool of talented superstar to
play as a team, a team with flair to win games.