He certainly has potential, he was regarded as one of the top talents in Europe a few months ago. Don´t think he has lost all of his ability over the summer. But he looks desperately short of confidence right now, as mentioned above he has a touch of Downing about him. But I would also say he reminds me of Sterling last autumn, before the Spurs game. Only time will tell which of those comparisons that fits best. Hopefully he can turn it around or get a bit of luck. A goal would make a lot of difference I think.
It´s a strange thing that confidence has such an impact on the pace of players. Markovic is supposedly really quick, but apart from the City-game I haven´t seen it. Yesterday I thought he even looked slow at times. But again, it was the same with Sterling last year. Remember thinking his pace was overrated, now he just fly past players.