I had high hopes for him too…looked a beast at 17! Remember when he came back from
The derby loan, he played the Merseyside derby and just looked on fire!! Not sure what happened…remember being very excited at him spending extra time at Melwood with king kenny over a summer to work on his shooting.
To me though, Ibe certainly appeared a confidence player (as many players, especially forwards, tend to be). I’m not sure that being touted as an immediate replacement (and improvement on sterling), a big money move with the pressure that brings, followed by not making the team in the premiership and being robbed at gunpoint in the past few months would have done much for his confidence. Not sure that what Howe had to say would be much help either, but I didn’t watch the game and have no idea how “disappointing” Ibe has been this season or in that particular match.