He was also slooooooowwww, so adapting was doubly difficult for him. Other CAM’s could make it work, but he was basically a slow 6 trying to play 10 in an increasingly speedy game. It was maddening to watch him run…like, he was incredibly fit so your brain just expected him to get to the place faster and he just didn’t. Not to mention that he never learned to use his right foot for anything other than standing, and that means that a slow, one-footed attacking mid basically has to be perfect skill-wise. Any tiny little slump was extremely noticeable because he had no speed (or right foot) to fall back on.