“Surely worth €60m”: Großkreutz amazed by former BVB star | OneFootball

FC Barcelona paid Borussia Dortmund 22 million euros for Karim Adeyemi in the summer. After just a few weeks, that fee already looks like a bargain. The attacking star is scoring and is clearly enjoying his football. 

Adeyemi’s performances in a Barça shirt are even astonishing former teammates. “He must already be worth 60 million now,” for example, Kevin Großkreutz said on the podcast ViertelstundeFußball with Corni Küpper.

Hardly anyone expected the winger to take off like this in Catalonia: “No one saw that coming. Everyone thought: ‘He won’t play there anyway.’ Yeah – kiss my ass! He’s become impossible to imagine this team without.”

The numbers Adeyemi is putting up prove Großkreutz right. Since his move, the Germany international has immediately established himself at Barcelona. In eight competitive matches, he has already recorded three goals and three assists, and with the team he sits top of the La Liga table with a perfect points record.

Why Adeyemi stands out in Barcelona

In general, Adeyemi is benefiting enormously from the way FC Barcelona presses high and works hard off the ball. His impact is not only visible in goals and assists: in the 7–2 rout of Racing Santander, he also won two penalties, among other things. In the Spanish media, Adeyemi is being praised as a real asset for the Catalans.

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Between euphoria and perspective

Corni Küpper, however, does not fully share Großkreutz’s enthusiasm. He also viewed Adeyemi’s form in connection with his new surroundings: “I’d argue this: against Paderborn or a team like that, he wouldn’t shine the way he is now in a Barcelona shirt. That’s typical Adeyemi. Right now he wants to show himself to the football world, and now he’s delivering, scoring wonder goals, going on solo runs, nutmegging people.” According to that view, the jump in performance is also linked to the stage Adeyemi now finds himself on.

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