Country: England
I remember watching ESR at like 15 and being blown away by his level of talent, so I'm the opposite. I still think he generally performs well when given the chance. How Arteta has dealt with him is one of my biggest question marks about Arteta, he's clearly good enough to get consistent minutes at the 8 or on the wing as a squad player but he barely touches the pitch.
But sometimes you have to take into account the offer at hand and just know when to sell. 40m for a youth player who had a good 6 months under his belt and plays in a position that there’s an abundance of options on the market, so we would have had choices. We ended up getting Ødegaard for pretty much close to that fee from Real Madrid and you could tell he was tiers above ESR plus his game was more polished.