Sporting ace likened to Barcelona star: “They think Yamal is...” | OneFootball

The drop in Geovany Quenda's performance is not a reason for despair, warns Fábio Roque. The Portuguese coach guided the green and white star in the under-15 team of Clube de Alvalade and gave an interview to the newspaper O Jogo, where he talked about the fact that the player lost his starting position this season to Geny Catamo - who is about to receive good news from the lions.

"We must remember that he is still an 18-year-old kid. Thinking that he will always be at the highest level is wrong. Even the most experienced players can't do it, let alone a young man of his age (...) It's a natural process in professional football. Players always go through these phases. Besides, he might still be adapting to the new system implemented by Rui Borges. The coach must also consider that at this moment Geny Catamo is better, he is performing more," Fábio Roque began to explain about the moment of Quenda.

The former Sporting coach continued with an interesting comparison: "Do you think Yamal is having the same performance as last season? I don't think so. Therefore, it seems to me that there is no alarm regarding Geovany Quenda. All these phases are part of the process."

"His mind is still on Sporting, I believe. And if the Sporting leaders understood that he should stay, it was because they know that these kinds of things don't affect the player," he added, commenting on the deal that led Quenda to sign with Chelsea during the last 2024/25 season.

To conclude, he spoke again on this topic: "At the same time, they are convinced that he still has the ability to grow and help the team. I think it's a matter of time before he returns to the levels shown last season. At the end of last season, he also wasn't showing previous levels. It's part of the growth process, as I mentioned."

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