TALENT: Louie Barry
IT’S crunch time for Louie Barry, a player who was pursued more fervently than Burt Reynolds’ Bandit before joining Hull on loan from Aston Villa.
At Stockport, where Barry scored 15 goals in 23 League One games in the first half of the season, the pressure was off.
The 21-year-old was playing for supporters who adored him, in a team built to supply him, against defenders who couldn’t stop him. Until the goals piled up, nobody even noticed.
It was the perfect environment for a player who joined Barcelona at 16 and spent half his young life...
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