De la Fuente on Samu: “He’s going to be a key player” | OneFootball

Returning to the Spanish national team during the national championship break, Samu remained on the bench during Spain's home game against Georgia. Before the match against Bulgaria this Tuesday, the Spanish media questioned Luis de la Fuente, the coach of La Roja, about the limited use of FC Porto's striker. The coach responded by expressing confidence in the immediate potential of the blue and white forward: “I'm sure that in the future he will be a very important footballer. A future that could be as soon as tomorrow, we're not talking about months. The important thing is that he is a footballer with exceptional potential and he will demonstrate it in the national team and at his club, as long as he gets more minutes, more time, which he will have,” he said, putting the current moment into context with the internal competition in the Spanish team: “He is very young, still in the process of development. And those who see him train see a very good performance, but it's difficult to make choices in this team. He is on the same level as the others, but for the scenarios we are creating, for our plans, we have occasionally opted for others. But he is there, ready.”

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