To explain the adaptation concerns of his expensive summer recruit Moisés Caicdeo, Mauricio Pochettino took the example of Zinedine Zidane.
Recruited last summer for 116 million euros from Brighton, Moisés Caicdeo is struggling to justify the staggering amount of his transfer. On the sidelines of Liverpool-Chelsea (4-1) on Wednesday evening, Mauricio Pochettino defended his 22-year-old Ecuadorian midfielder, comparing his adaptation to that of Zinedine Zidane when he arrived at Real Madrid in 2001.
“Remember that when Zidane or Kaká went to Real Madrid, they paid a big amount of money. Zidane was 26 or 27 years old. I think it took him seven or eight months to perform because the expectations are huge and the adaptation is difficult. The pressure is enormous”declared the former PSG coach in a pre-match press conference.
“He had some problems”
And to add: “Moises didn’t do a pre-season, he had some problems when he was traveling for his international gathering. It’s too many things that delayed the adaptation to the team. Then, all the circumstances delay the realization a little. » Since the start of the season, Moisés Caicdeo has played 27 games with the Blues, with no goals scored.
