Balague on Aaron:
I've had loads of emails from Rangers fans asking for my thoughts on Aaron Niguez.
Understandably, there is a lot of excitement at Rangers over the loan signing of Aaron from Valencia: after all, he comes with an outstanding pedigree after starring for Spain in the U17 European championships in 2006 and then playing an integral part in Spain's U19 European championship winning side in 2007.
You might think that he was guaranteed to become a full Spanish international at some point in the future. However, in spite of so much promise, he has yet to make the jump in to senior football and perform consistently at the required level. As he approaches 20-21 years of age he knows that it is time to step up and deliver and that this could be his last big chance.
Valencia know it as well, and they have grown tired of waiting for Aaron to deliver, hence a loan move to another club. His problem is consistency, or rather, a lack of consistency: he can be brilliant at times; he is versatile and he can run with the ball; he can beat a man and create chances - but he doesn't put enough of those chances away himself.
However, part of his problem stems from not having played under a manager who really believes in him, and that may all be about to change at Ibrox; which is exciting if it means he will be given a proper chance to prove what he can do and this move represents an opportunity to deliver on so much early promise. So, there is a question mark after his name, but we can at least be certain that he will give some thrilling moments to the SPL side.
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I bet Unai is a manager Guillem is talking about. He could turn him into the finished product, just like he's working steadily with Fernandes and Alexis now and hopefully Ever in the future.
I wonder if Aaron is getting any minutes over there? Does anyone have a secret SPL fetish in here?
