Former Leeds United full back, Danny Mills has stated that he is 'still waiting' to see what made Junior Firpo good enough to earn a move to Barcelona from Real Betis.
The Spaniard has had a difficult season at Elland Road after he moved to Leeds for £13million to replace the departed Ezgjan Alioski and it now looks to have been ended by a knee injury which saw him stretchered off on Thursday night.
"This is a guy that’s come from Barcelona. Have we seen every sign of that so far? When you think of some of the full-backs that have been at Barcelona over the years, was this guy really good enough to be on the verge of the Barcelona team," Mills said to Football Insider.
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"I haven’t seen it yet. I haven’t seen a performance which makes you go ‘This is a proper player’. We’ve still been waiting for that."
Firpo has had several injuries and a Covid absence since making the move from Spain and he has struggled to gain enough consecutive appearances to adapt to the league. Initially he looked to struggle with the man marking system of Marcelo Bielsa but he was blamed for the second Aston Villa goal on Thursday after drifting towards the ball and failing to notice the position of Matt Cash in the penalty area on his outside.
The 25-year-old moved to Barcelona in the 19/20 season, with the Catalan giants paying £18million to take him from Real Betis after he had impressed as a left sided wing back under Quique Setien.
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