Not only Lozano has undergone a period of adaptation when he joins a new team, Raúl Jiménez, Diego Lainez, Edson Álvarez and Erick Gutiérrez are other examples
Hirving Lozano broke the paradigms with Napoli after his first season with the Italian team. He “Chucky” fought in the 2019-20 season and a year later established himself as one of the best in Gennaro Gattuso’s team, however, the Mexican suffered, like almost all citizens going to Europe, a necessary adaptation in a great team after being a figure with PSV Eindhoven.
The ‘Chuckyit was the most expensive purchase in history Naples on arrival. More than $ 40 million was paid for their services and, although he came as a spoiled Carlo Ancelotti, the departure of the strategist echoed the game and the mood of the Mexican.
Subsequently, the pandemic did not help, because in a few minutes, the differences with Gattuso They were constant, but hunger was channeled in his favor and continued to shine in one of the most important leagues in the world.
In the 2019-20 campaign, Lozano has been withdrawn from training, was not his teammates’ favorite and carried the emblem transfer label, so people put a lot of weight on their backs. Now, everything is in the past and has established himself as one of the best players in the Neapolitan team.
Raúl Jiménez, on the other hand, fought for Atlético de Madrid and at Benfica to show his true talent, which came out with him Wolverhampton from First league. Aries barely had 572 minutes with mattresses in the 2014-15 campaign and was loaned to the Portuguese team, where his best campaign was 2016-17 with only 773 minutes and seven goals.
Jimenez He was part of the most important team in Portugal, but underwent an adaptation to be the benchmark that the club needed, despite scoring goals in key moments. After four years of searching for his best version in Europe, he found it in the 2018-19 campaign with Wolverhampton, where he scored 13 Premier League goals and played all 38 league games.
Even Diego Lainez himself had a bad period in Spain with Real Betis. After his arrival in the Heliopolitan team in 2018, the youngsters had many problems adapting to the Spanish style of play. The last two seasons just added 685 minutes in 27 games and his level was not optimal.
However, this campaign has grown in all respects and takes advantage of the opportunities presented to him with Manuel Pellegrini at the head of the team. Further, Betic fans “applaud” him on social networks in every game he plays and ask him to start.
In Netherlands, Edson Álvarez has been suffering from a long adjustment with Ajax. “Machín” has arrived for the 2019-20 campaign and, despite the fact that the Eridivisie has been canceled due to the Covid19, The American youth team only participated in 12 games for 558 minutes.
This season, Álvarez did not have the consolidation he wants He played eight games for 385 minutes, being one of the least active Mexicans in the Old Continent.
The same case is that of Érick Gutiérrez, who arrived at PSV Holland in the 2018-19 season and between injuries and loss of play, nor had more than 20 games in a season. His best campaign in the Eridivisie was upon his arrival, when he played 16 games and scored three goals.