Giovanni Dos Santos, Barcelona's youth squad that had no illusions to the fans of FC Barcelona but argued that far in the first division, failed and now goes unnoticed in English football
They were about to receive a number of homegrown players in the first division of Barcelona, had two players who had superlative performances and they did believe they would be paired up next responsible for carrying the highest in Europe the blaugrana team.
Giovanni remained in the attempt and failed hard, and was transferred to European clubs second order, Tottenham Hotspur, and third-order English, Ipswich Town.
And it has been, in the first division of Barcelona became just four goals in 27 games. Thus, more pain than glory, more failures than joy, more murmurs of disenchantment impassioned cries. That is why the leadership decided to give it flight. And he did fly high, very high, with English course, least eight games and four goals, more effective, less shares.
The season has just begun, it shows again for the club, but far from being the first choice, nesting on the bench and has shown that can not be consolidated in any template that integrates. O yes, the template of Mexico, where it repeatedly has called a lack of character.
Coincidence or causality, history repeats itself, Giovanni is sidelined. Two Dos Santos and Bojan Krkic rose to the top division in 2007 and FC Barcelona fans elbowed in the stands and said, Man, and these kids where did they come from?. But something would happen, and passing away of wonderful things, were somewhat disappointing.
Not to Bojan, who has been consolidated in the group led by Pep Guardiola and arouses amazement when he takes the ball, but for the Mexican Dos Santos, who, far from outstanding performances have been where would minutes his chance of glory.
But it was not, on its arrival in the Premier had a show with great fanfare, the kind that have great players, but in his first season he played only 10 games and made one goal, little or nothing, in fact, by nothing if not the same.
Thus the Spurs thought it best to assign an even lower category club, Ipswich Town where he played even less than his former club, yes, even Santos began his career as to be the best, Ronaldinho's successor, but stayed in the attempt, three clubs and no confirmation of its potential.
Dos Santos has now joined the growing list of boys Nike, those who play the play station and out in advertisements juggling the ball. But his career as a footballer has joined a number of failures and, far from nature to reverse the situation is even closer to his hat Mexican tequila and ask the bartender.