Nelson missed football as well and his first game after a while was full of energy. I usually relate the lack of game time to some technical mistakes, but ESR looks like he is too heavy to run and move and that was even before the injuries. I remember him when he was 19, that was something cool to watch the way he was running with the ball. He has technical skills to be very efficient in the final third, but something is wrong with his body and movement and I can't understand how nothing can be done about that
They have distinctly different builds and playing styles. Plus, Nelson’s injury wasn’t quite as severe as ESR’s. ESR admitted it was a problem that had troubled him for a long time prior to surgery too.
I’m concerned about his injury record though. It’s been a common theme of his career to date. He started brightly on loan at RB Leipzig but again was derailed by injury.