Real Madrid ruined him. If they build the midfield around him, he would of most likely completely dominated the La Liga, but he made way too many sub appearances where they expected him to have goal contributions every game when he was only playing 10mins or so. Ruined his confidence and then when he was going to other clubs, they had a preconception that he wasn’t good so he just followed that path. Seeing a player with the talent of the best players in the world to then become someone of similar talent to the likes of Joe Allen in 2 seasons without an injury is mind blowing