The tag of phenom can be taken off of former Barcelona youth player Giovanni Dos Santos. After the hype that the Catalan media made about this kid being one of the stars of the future for the blaugrana, he ended up in London. After the Mexican media anointed him as their savior, that title seemed to have lost its luster. There was lots of excitement with him coming on to the pitch, but he along with many other Barcelona players faded into complete oblivion.
It´s a sad case that we are seeing develop, and this all came to a ¨climax¨ early in December when the British tabloids plastered a picture of a ¨plastered¨ Dos Santos at the Spurs Christmas party. It was a mistake, it was unfortunate… but how many other players have been inebriated and done worse things. I don´t want to sound like I am trying to defend or condemn anything anyone has done.
There is one big winner in all of this- Barcelona. Spurs manager Harry Redknapp wants him gone and there are a couple of teams that could have him during the transfer window. Gio has not been able to adapt to the Premiership but there are Mexican side Chivas is getting ready to swoop in. There is also the possibility of him making a move to Middlesbroughin order for the club to obtain more experienced Premier League players. The second offer for Dos Santos could have a little more substance and benefit to both sides. In the end, sending the youngster to Mexico as there would be even more money coming in through that stream as compared to throwing him in as an add-on.
