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Because I watched him for Ajax for a year too. He joined us as a 21 year old, Jan was 25 and Toby 26 - anybody expecting the same level of performance or consistency at his age is being a big silly goose. Doesn't change the fact that, in the footballing world - he was higher rated as a prospect than either of them.
Not saying I expect him to be at their level. Just saying in order to make such a confident statement about him being better than them I'd have to see him perform regularly at their level or close to it, and so far we haven't seen that. We've seen a very raw but very talented player who I'm excited to see develop, but I've not seen him play in a way that I could definitively say he'll be as good as you're suggesting. I don't mean that as a dig at him nor do I mean it as a dig at you. As you say, we can't expect him to be at their level just yet. I hope you're right about it all obviously but it's just that I personally wouldn't feel confident making such a bold statement about him based on what I've seen so far. But I admire the optimism