Ekeke
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I haven’t watched him apart from YouTube compilation videos. Which player would the DvB fans/experts compare him to?
I get Bilbao Ander Herrera vibes from him, seems like he can do a bit of everything. Of course he has the benefit of being brought in Ajax, so technique, off-the-ball movement and quick passing should be way above average. If he is similar to Herrera, then I’m glad we don’t have LvG or Mourinho here to mess with his playing style.
I can't really think of anyone that would be a perfect comparison. People might say someone like Lampard or Scholes getting forward and scoring goals, but they both got on the ball way more and orchestrated things with their passing. DVB is more off the ball than on it, moving around looking for places to receive the ball or creating space by occupying opponents. Also his goals tend to come from inside the box with a placed finish, whereas Scholes and Lampard both had rocket shots where they would score a decent amount from the edge of the box. Maybe Bruno is a better example since he signed for us as he makes quite a lot of runs forward off the ball and has left a lot of the deeper buildup passing to our DMs, but he still gets on the ball more than DVB and more end product. But of course he's 2 years older than DVB