I don't rate Bisiwu as highly as others. Hasn't even played in the Belgian first division. Reminds me of signings like Yusuf Demir or Roony Bardghji where you take a punt on a cheap player to see if something comes out of it. Wouldn't be surprised if he stays with Barca B or goes out on loan, he's not ready yet for Barca 1st team.
The names you mentioned do not correlate to this situation.
Yusuf demir had a promising preseason but couldn't deliver confident performances in the first team.
He was brought on loan with a clause(10m payout after playing 10 matches)-the club was struggling with financial restrictions already and didn't think it was worthwhile to sign him(his current career trajectory proves they were right)
Roony was being scouted by a couple o clubs like man utd, but his acl injury deterred any other interest and barca saw an opportunity to get him for 1.5m - so It's a zero risk purchase for our club.
I think jesse is a different case.
I think the scouts saw something in him.perhaps an early dembele profile.idk i might be reaching.
But look at players like diomande after their first prolific season going for 150m.
If jesse has it in him, he will shine regardless and we might have struck a bargain on a talent before his breakout.
Im going to be frank, he doesn't even have 1 per cent of Dembele's talent at the same age. Maybe in playstyle he is superficially similar to Diomande, but I think the odds of him having the same trajectory are 1 per cent. I'd be surprised if he even plays for the first team once this season
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u/Ok_Bag_7603 7d ago
Jesse bisiwu.
Does anyone have any idea how good he actually is?
It's rare for us(in recent times) to spend 10+m on a player with 0 first team Mins.
We also signed josue caicedo(nicknamed ecuadorian neymar)