Tello is a snip

Cristian Tello is a snip in a number of ways. The academy graduate had a great game against Betis, putting in two balls from the wing that neither Iniesta nor Villa could capitalise on. He also saw a shot come off the crossbar. The Camp Nou even chorused his name for a few moments. According to statistics, he is more effective than Alexis, Pedro and Villa, plus he is only 21 years old.
Tello ticks all the boxes to become a star in his own right and is under contract at Barça until 2016. So, what exactly is Barça's problem? It is that his buy-out clause is only €10m and Liverpool already made a serious offer for him last summer.
The winger, whose contract was up this summer, signed a new deal last December after months of negotiations between his agent, Josep María Orobitg, Zubizarreta and Bartomeu. The sticking point was, in fact, the buy-out clause, which finally remained at €10m. Now there could be trouble ahead for Barcelona.
Tito Vilanova maintains that he has given him playing time and after the game against Betis, he had to answer as many as three questions about the player. To the last one, whether he thought that Tello should have started against Bayern, he responded bluntly: "It's easy to talk about in hindsight, I made that decision and that's all there is to it".