I've been watching this lad for a few years now and can offer some insight into his game.
His "number of times he ran at top speed for twenty yards" per game stats are not that impressive. He normally gets by on .87 sprints per game, and being a midfielder that's three or four hundredths of a percentage point short of where you'd need to be. To put it into context, Socrates (the Brazilian midfielder not the philosopher) was the only modern(ish) midfielder who got by by averaging less than 0.78. Jimmy Carter, our much maligned signing from Millwall trundled along at 0.64%, say no more.
His stats on "the number of times he passed it with his left foot rather than his right" on the other hand are very impressive. 2.65 times per game, although he is actually left footed so I'm not sure if this impacts upon it or not.
All in all though a good player who would be a good signing. I personally wouldn't go as high as 500K though. I'd go no higher than 321K myself, there are far better options available for the same money.
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