Barcelona's €30m teenage striker Vitor Roque is struggling to earn minutes under Xavi, and could be on his way out of Catalunya this summer
The 19-year-old striker made a bright start to life in Catalunya, but has barely seen the pitch in recent months. In one of the stranger signing-announcement videos in recent memory, Barcelona confirmed the arrival of teenage striker Vitor Roque - known as 'Tigrinho' - by superimposing a CGI tiger plodding its way through Montujic, the noises of the crowd rather clashing with the comical fake growls of an imagined beast.
Roque, when he finally arrived following months of speculation, looked to be the galvanising presence Xavi's struggling side needed. Here was a young, exciting, Brazilian forward, a player who had turned down Real Madrid and was ready to lead Barca into the post-Robert Lewandowski era - starting immediately.
Four months later, though, and Barca fans are still waiting to get much of a glimpse of the 19-year-old. Roque has been a peripheral figure at best in Catalunya, more often a grumpy face on the Blaugrana bench than the elite striker who wasAnd now, there is talk that he could be on his way out of Barcelona - either on loan or permanently - this summer.
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