Isn’t there something great about cult players? There is a definite intrinsic skill paired by a rather careless, often maverick attitude, particularly among wingers. Consider Everton failure Yannick Bolasie.
It’s almost as though they could win the game by themselves if they wanted to. If. Adel Taarabt’s mazy QPR brilliance comes to mind as well. However, with every winding run, brilliant talent, and goal, inconsistency rises. “If you asked everyone who saw me when I was a young talent, many would have said I’d play for Real Madrid or Barcelona one day,” an elderly Taarabt once remarked. Luka Modric even told me that once. However, this did not occur. Not just for the sake of others. But only because of me.”
Today’s narrative matches the motif of’streets will never forget,’ but our subject’s development was hampered more by injuries than by attitude. Let’s take a look at a current free agent, Bolasie, for those who haven’t guessed by now.
Yannick Bolasie came from where?
Bolasie was born in Lyon, France in 1989 to parents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite this, his family relocated to the London Borough of Brent when he was just seven months old. Bolasie’s formative football abilities blossomed in north London, bursting out of the grey concrete of high-rise buildings and pavement with a raw, colorful enjoyment and flair.
There was also tenacity. Bolasie began his career at Rushden & Diamonds at the age of 16, claiming that he “had a two-week trial and just kept going back.” Following that, he moved into non-league to get more experience before joining Floriana in the Maltese Premier League.
Bolasie, a young, brilliant player, clearly wanted to play. Plymouth noticed this and offered him a tryout in 2008. He impressed and was given a two-year contract, but after two loan spells at Rushden and Barnet, the winger moved on to Bristol City.
Only one season was enough for him to establish himself, as he was named Young Player of the Year in 2011/12. However, given his London upbringing and his already well-traveled career, young Yannick was homesick and requested a transfer. Crystal Palace graciously obliged and signed him on a three-year deal for an unknown amount in August 2012.
How talented was Yannick Bolasie?
Bolasie was at his peak at Crystal Palace. On his return home, his confidence improved, and his skill advanced to new heights in a determined Palace squad. Bolasie was Palace’s entertainment, as the Athletic put it. I could go into excruciating empirical detail, but it doesn’t feel essential.
