When you go by minutes his goal contributions are actually pretty damn tidy... Serie A — 2777 mins, 15G, 13A La Liga — 981 mins, 10G, 1A Champions League — 1461 mins, 8G, 6A Euro's — 3 goals
in 4
apps... And these numbers (recent
spain performances aside) he's put up as the clubs 2nd or 3rd choice, and hasn't really been given a consistent run to find the form and confidence that strikers run on.