It's not really the not giving him a chance that's the issue. It's that we got one of Europe's best young striking talents - which at the time he was - and just didn't play to any of his strengths. Lumped him up front on his own or out wide and in a 4-2-3-1 and expected him to just be good. Then you get our fanbase, which is just dreadful for young players. We're an odd, odd bunch.
I'm happy he's doing well because he's never gonna come back here and we can get good money for him, but we need to stop doing this. If we sign a promising player, don't just chuck them in and expect it to click right away.