After a resounding start to the season, Bradley Barcola has stalled in recent weeks. Less visible, the former Lyonnais was above all less effective. No surprise for Daniel Riolo, who believes that many have become too excited about the 22-year-old winger. Some have even established him as the successor to Kylian Mbappé. What the editorialist deplores.
“We know that the media works like that and that we need to invent stories, because we need players to highlight. What annoys me is the exaggeration and the media narration with stories that we want to create like that of Barcola who should ultimately be Mbappé’s replacement. », declared Tuesday evening Daniel Riolo on the airwaves of RMC.
“It’s risky to be the subject of a big transfer and to only have six months in Ligue 1”
“ Since day one I’ve been fighting against thishe continued. He arrived at PSG for a very significant price. 50 million euros? It’s huge for a player who had six months in Ligue 1. We immediately made him a great player because he arrived at PSG. It’s risky. It’s risky to be the subject of a big transfer and to only have six months of Ligue 1 under your belt before arriving at PSG. Because you know that you are going to change the media context and that people are going to pay attention. »
“ We were able to forget Ntep and these kinds of players, like Mboula… We massacre players and not everyone takes compliments and transfers in the same way, Riolo added. And then they come and tell me, because I nicknamed him Bambi which was both mocking and emotional, while in other countries the criticism is as virulent like Mbappé who was cut up in Spain. I saw the exit of Luis Enrique and I saw the state of Barcola, I think he is not doing well. He is having a sort of repercussion, of digestion of all the expectation placed on him”
“Intrinsically I think Doué is above Barcola”
Daniel Riolo even believes that Désiré Doué is more talented than Bradley Barcola. “ He (Luis Enrique) is realizing that, probably even at the club, we say that Désiré Doué is more talented than him. What I think, he said. Intrinsically I think that Doué is above Barcola and therefore it will be complicated. But whether I was made to seem like the super tough guy or this and that, I don’t believe. I always believe that the toughest people are the ones who give fake compliments and turn guys on at an incredible rate. »
