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Was he good? Or were his compatriots elite? Not sure you can be good one season and then be pretty average/rubbish for the next 3/4 seasons.
Yeah, he was good. He was good at Ajax and he was good in his first season here. As with anyone, it helps with good players around him but he was genuinely good.
Next few seasons when the whole team dipped he wasn't able to regain his form again. Dele was good for a few seasons then lost it (as we now know for a variety of reasons). Point is, though, good players can struggle and finding your form and confidence can be difficult (especially when a team is changing managers and styles so quickly and there's a whole pandemic and a mid season world cup that throws out any sense of regularity).
As for VDV, he seems good and I'd love to have him. He's promising though. Sanchez was promising when we got him too. If/when we get VDV I think we need to as fans (and as a club) remember that we need to continually help nurture that promise.