Edu real deal or bad egg?

The nomadic takes a look at JOHN LYONS QPR striker career of former Eduardo Vargas…

SOMETIMES it’s said that players can’t bridge the gap between club and international football. They may be brilliant at club level, but when they come up against the very best at national level they seem to shrink.

Perhaps their technique isn’t quite good enough or maybe the pressure of representing their country is too much.

But for Eduardo Vargas the reverse argument could be made. He’s brilliant on the international stage, but doesn’t perform for his club – or should I say clubs. For Vargas has turned into a nomad in the last four years. He’s played club football in pretty much all the football powerhouses – Italy, Brazil, Spain, England and now Germany. While he may have more languages and money under his belt, that amount of moves for someone who has only just turned 26 is hardly conducive to being at your best.

Yet all was going well while Santiago-born Vargas was in his home-