No need to go into the details as we all know.

I doubt there'd be many at all who wouldn't have sold him-and at a massive loss, too-if offered the chance.

From hopeless (and that's being generous) to almost undroppable and a Brazil call-up.

Can anyone think of a player who started so badly only to come good?

(and there's definitely a thread to be made for players who made the opposite journey )