This guy always impresses me. Speed but very slick ball control. He doesn't have the marketing to make him super expensive also..
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Marketing? 
Marketing?
I think he means there's no brand or 'hype' built around the player. He's got a point!
Leverkusen could have some more points and potentially also succeeded in the CL if this guy hadn't been on an ego trip and more often than not ignored team mates who were in much better positions to shoot.
Martial barely had any "hype" but that didn't affect the fee we paid.
Another good player from bundesliga who'd be cheap : Choupo-Moting
He's actually not that good.
Choupo or Bellarabi or both?
Both I imagine. I'd expect that Bellarabi is better than our wide options - duh - but nothing amazing. Sort of like the Cabaye, Dembele** days under SAF's last few seasons. Of course I've seen next to nothing of the player so I could be wrong. Could you expand?
** Hilariously both are probably performing better than any of our current midfielders, but you get the point.
I get the point. Choupo is certainly a solid Bundesliga player but nothing special. He and Sané were the two better attacking options for Schalke this season which says it all. Although I have no idea what United quality is these days, I feel confident to say he's nowhere near United quality.Bellarabi has undoubtedly more potential, is fecking fast, likes to dribble (whether that's a good idea or not). Got called for Germany's NT a couple of times although that doesn't really tell you much considering that Löw regularly calls Podolski and Schürrle.
As I've said above: He's a bit of an ego shooter, at least this season, which Leverkusen fans don't really appreciate. He may however add depth to your curent attack but United quality? Don't know, probably not or at least not yet.
Well, they both have in common that they are fairly limited players.
Bellarabi is a good tempo dribbler, but that is pretty much all his play has to offer on top leve.l His decision making is quite a lot of times pretty suspect, his passing is nothing special and he is also not super clinical either.
Similar to Choupo-Moting or also Schürrle, these players might be nice to have for big clubs, as they probably are the most effecitve as impact subs. As starters they simply lack quality in too many areas, though, and are also not consistent enough. Unless he makes a big development jump in the near future I don´t see him leaving Leverkusen as they are his level and their style favours him a lot.