The Sporting CP boss has revealed the reasons behind the lack of regular playing time for the 18-year-old winger at the Jose Alvalade Stadium outfit.
Manager for the Portuguese top-tier club, Ruben Amorim has said that Black Stars young attacker Abdul Fatawu Issahaku needs time to learn the way of the club from the B team.
He stated in an interview that earning a starting berth at the national team doesn't guarantee him a place in his team.
According to Amorim, the club does not doubt the quality of the Ghana player and believes he is one for the future.
“The reality of Fatawu is very different from ours. He played against Nicaragua, I don't want to take credit for it, but you have to see the difference in the football we are playing, it's a completely different world. Fatawu did not have Mateus Fernandes' school and other players did and he is making that transition,” the Sporting Lisbon coach said.
The gaffer continued, “The B team has more time to prepare these players, to teach sometimes basic things that for us are taken for granted and that they don't have and Fatawu is to go through that moment.
“He has fantastic potential, he has fantastic physical ability, but there are basic things in the game that he has yet to learn.”
“As we are always preparing games, as we have the requirement to win every game, sometimes we don't have the necessary time that Fatawu deserves.”
During the international break, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku scored a screamer for Ghana in the friendly match against Nicaragua at the Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco in Lorch, Spain.
