It was great to see Dani Pacheco celebrating with his Norwich team mates yesterday as their 1-0 win over Portsmouth sealed promotion to the Premier League. Dani hasn’t had it all his own way since arriving from the Reds on loan. After contributing massively on his debut in a 6-0 win over Scunthorpe United, where he was afforded a standing ovation after being substituted, he has invariably been used as a sub as striker Simeon Jackson has hit red hot form.
After two hat-tricks in April against Scunthorpe and Derby County, Jackson scored the winning goal at Fratton Park which meant Paul Lambert’s side had succeeded in achieving two back to back promotions. Thoughts will now turn towards next season and the Canaries first season in the top light since 2005. City will not have that much money to spend and Lambert will surely look to free transfers, bargain deals, and most significantly loan signings to build a squad capable of staying in the Premier League.
At 20 years of age, Pacheco is getting to a point in his career where he needs to be playing regular first team football. It was very hard to get a consistent level when you having to feed off scraps of occasional substitute appearances, and with the likelihood that the Reds will be bringing in more depth to the squad this summer, first team opportunities for the Spaniard could be very limited indeed.
The solution will certainly be to send the player out on loan once again. If we want him to develop his game to play in the Premier League though, it would be self defeating sending him out on loan to Spain where the style is significantly different and less physically demanding. What would most probably happen anyway is that he would want a permanent move back home after having a spell on loan. The best thing for the Reds is to be able to give him a chance to play in the Premier League, and the promotion of Norwich City gives the Reds an ideal opportunity.
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he wont make it sadly he wont get games cause british managers prefer musle aead of ability
I think dalglish only belive in british players .this season we see how spearing , robinson and flano get chance of playing in the team and pacheco always was an unused substitute or not selected for 18. If we want to go for trophis we must belive in all talente not only british player. I hope kenny change his mind about foreign players .
face it, any player from our squad should be the first on norwich’s team sheet, pacheco hasnt progressed, im not saying he wont but he wont develop quickly enough to make the grade, its not his fault but its a bit of both his and the club for not trying him enough. Hopefully kenny plays all the kids next year in europe and id like to see him stay for another year to bulk up and improve himself
Dani Pacheco will not be given a chance at Liverpool no matter how good he is because Kenny Dalglish favours British youngsters. Spearing and Shelvey are average at best, yet they are playing regularly while Pacheco, who is far superior to them, doesn’t even get a sniff in the first team. Some people might prefer British guys but Pacheco and other foreign guys’ talents should not be overlooked. Robinson, Flanagan, Wilson, Spearing and Shelvey are all getting their chances yet the likes of Pacheco and Mavinga are being overlooked.
If Pacheco is superior to both Spearing and Shelvey, how come he can’t get into the first team of a team in the championship? I could understand everyone’s desire for him to play for the Liverpool first team, but how can he possibly be included when he can’t even get into the first team of a team in the league below!
Take your blinkers off people!
Thank you Steve, well said it is nothing to do with him being foreign, he might be technically gifted but if he isn’t good enough at championship level he isn’t good enough for Liverpool
Pacheco won the Golden Boot at last year’s U19 European Championship and plays for Spain U21s now. Spearing, in contrast, has not even represented England at youth level while Shelvey has been very average. The reason Pacheco hasn’t been given a chance in Liverpool’s first team is down to the mere fact that he’s foreign and not because he isn’t good enough.
yeah and el hadji diouf looked amazing at the world cup before we signed him.
and milan baros won a golden boot and hes a goat!
What a wonderful team !!! Hope you can get your young star…Congratulatinos !