Not only has Lozano suffered an adjustment period when he comes to 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 he consolidated as one of the best of Gennaro Gattuso’s team, but the Mexican, like almost all nationals going to Europe, suffered a necessary adjustment in a large team after being figure with PSV Eindhoven.
He ‘Chuckywas the most expensive purchase in the history of Naples on arrival. Spent more than $ 40 million for their services and although he arrived as spoiled Carlo Ancelotti, the strategist’s departure echoed the Mexican’s game and state of mind.
Later the pandemic did not help, because within a few minutes the differences were met Gattuso They were constant, but that hunger was channeled in favor and he went on to star in one of the most important leagues in the world.
In the 2019-2020 campaign Lozano was withdrawn from training, wasn’t his teammates’ favorite and wore the emblem transfer tag, so people put a lot of weight on his back. Now all that is a thing of the past and he has established himself as one of the best players on the Neapolitan team.
Raúl Jiménez, for his part, fought for Atlético de Madrid and at Benfica to show his true talent, which came out with him Wolverhampton from Eredivisie. The ram barely had 572 minutes with the colchoneros in the 2014-15 campaign and was loaned to the Portuguese team, where his best campaign was the 2016-17 with only 773 minutes and seven goals.
Jimenez He was part of the most important team in Portugal but underwent adjustment to be the benchmark the club needed, despite scoring goals at key moments. After four years of searching for his best version in Europe, he found it in the 2018/19 season with Wolverhampton, where he scored 13 Premier League goals and played all 38 league games.
Even Diego Lainez himself has had a bad time with Real Betis in Spain. After his arrival on the Heliopolitan team in 2018, the youth had many problems adapting to the Spanish playing style. Barely in the past two seasons he added 685 minutes in 27 games and his level was not optimal.
However, this campaign grew in every way and he takes advantage of the opportunities presented to him with Manuel Pellegrini at the head of the team. Further, Betic fans ‘applaud’ him from social networks in every game he plays and ask him to start.
In the Netherlands, Edson Álvarez is struggling with a long adjustment period at Ajax. The ‘Machín’ arrived for the 2019/20 campaign and despite the Eridivisie being canceled due to the pandemic of COVID-19, The American youth team took only 558 minutes in 12 games.
This season, Álvarez has not had the consolidation he wants and He played eight games for 385 minutes, making him one of the least active Mexicans on 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 has had more than 20 games in a season. His best campaign in the Eri Division was on his arrival, when he played 16 games and scored three goals.