Youssef En-Nesyri He returns this Tuesday to Butarque, the scene of his greatest successes as a footballer. Moroccan striker from Seville it does it in addition being part of a team of stars, but in which it does not find its space. The powerful striker, who formed a pair of feared tips on the Leganes who made the leap in the winter market with Braithwate at Barcelona and he at Sevilla de Monchi, tries to settle in a locker room in which he fails to be noticed.
The international for Morocco has not even managed to discuss the ownership of Luuk de Jong, despite the fact that the Dutchman does not enjoy the approval of Sevilla fans and that his poor goal record should not make him a fixture without discussion on Lopetegui's plans .
But En-Nesyri, in which Monchi bet no less than 20 million euros, seduced by his youth (23 years) and his career power, has not shown his full potential at Sánchez Pizjuán. Not much less. With the white shirt, he has hardly achieved three goals in the League and one in the Europa League, but he has never left the feeling that he can make a place for himself with stars who dazzle in the League such as Lucas Ocampos, Diego Carlos, Jules Koundé, Fernando or Jesús Navas himself. Only on the morning of Osasuna's visit to Nervión, with two goals, one of them on the horn (3-2), that of Fez showed arguments to become Lopetegui's pe nine ’.
An En-Nesyri goal with Sevilla
Only one game as a starter and he did not shoot on goal
After the return of the League after the pandemic, En-Nesyri's contributions have left much to be desired. With only one game to start, in Villarreal, where he did not even shoot on goal, the portly striker has not improved his performance when he came out with the role of shooter. Banega was angry even with him last Friday against Valladolid by throwing a couple of passes into the hole that he could not control by not even knowing how to interpret the uncheck.
En-Nesyri misses Butarque and the game of Leganés, a different football than the one he has to play, and is not capable of doing, in Sevilla. Those balls into space, the meters ahead to exploit his great stride … he rarely finds them in Sevilla. Maybe in a game far from Nervión, but few. Few occasions and few minutes. As he adjusts, the young, beefy Moroccan misses Butarque.