Fabian Hurzeler gives honest verdict on Brighton’s £25m signing after just four starts.
Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler believes midfielder Mats Wieffer will be a “top” Premier League player.
Albion, who host the Brentford on Friday, are without a win in their last seven matches ahead of their clash with the Bees.
Wieffer, who scored his first goal for the club in Brighton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham last week, joined from Feyenoord in the summer. He struggled to make an impact in the early stages of the season and has made just four starts in the Premier League but Hurzeler has talked up the Dutchman’s ability.
“Nowadays you call it the holding six and I think that this is one of the most important positions in our team,” the German boss said.
“He needed a little bit of time to adapt to the intensity and to the speed of everything as it is different to the league he played before, but he was always there in training and he always tried to improve,”
Fabian Hurzeler gives honest verdict on Brighton’s £25m signing after just four starts
Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler believes midfielder Mats Wieffer will be a “top” Premier League player.
Albion, who host the Brentford on Friday, are without a win in their last seven matches ahead of their clash with the Bees.
Wieffer, who scored his first goal for the club in Brighton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham last week, joined from Feyenoord in the summer. He struggled to make an impact in the early stages of the season and has made just four starts in the Premier League but Hurzeler has talked up the Dutchman’s ability.
“Nowadays you call it the holding six and I think that this is one of the most important positions in our team,” the German boss said.
“He needed a little bit of time to adapt to the intensity and to the speed of everything as it is different to the league he played before, but he was always there in training and he always tried to improve,”
Wieffer, who scored his first goal for the club in Brighton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham last week, joined from Feyenoord in the summer. He struggled to make an impact in the early stages of the season and has made just four starts in the Premier League but Hurzeler has talked up the Dutchman’s ability.
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