Comments for Sergio Canales – Spain's hottest prospect at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:07:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4505/38/#pc_1456 "All this collective swooning was for a teenager virtually no one in the English-speaking football world had heard of" is only true if you say that those people also don't have access to Sky TV on a Sunday evening. I've seen and heard a lot about him from here. While it is easy to say that he might not turn out to be all that good, compare all this to 16 year old Wayne Rooney and 17 year old Michael Owen. They did alright for their country. - Lincoln Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:59:49 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4505/38/#pc_1455 He lacks stamina for sure (he's been photographed at Racing's training ground clutching boxes of baby food) and Racing are easing him in gently (60 minutes here, 30 minutes there). He won't be going to the World Cup either, not this one anyway, and there are lots of naysayers who say he shouldn't be going to Madrid because they'll just leave him sitting on the bench. But at this moment in time and on the basis of the games I've seen him in, he looks very, very good indeed and he seems to have his head screwed on too. The hype's justified on this occasion, I'd say. - RayDeChaussee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:14:02 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4505/38/#pc_1454 I agree with the sense of caution that this article suggests... Canales looks good but, more than anything, he is a golden boy in the media. He looks good (aesthetically), he makes a good story, but he is also slightly light-weight and has a long way to go before he can excel internationally. The idea that he should be called up to the national team for the World Cup is possible but realistically unlikely with such players as Pablo, Navas, Cazorla, Joaquin, Silva, Mata etc. (and I suppose Iniesta and Fabregas, to an extent) already competing for positions on the 'wing' or as attacking midfielders... Good luck to him, though. - isi_777 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:50:27 +0100