According to the Dutchman the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 International is the finest player he has ever trained during his long and illustrious career.
Moussa Dembele might not be the first name that comes to mind when talking about play-making abilities and midfield maestros. However, the Tottenham star has managed to capture the imagination of the English Premier League in recent months with some impeccable
displays at Craven Cottage.
Up until this summer, the versatile Belgian was plying his trade with Fulham, where a number of teams had queued up for his signature, including the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid.
While he chose to make the switch across to White Hart Lane in the end, Martin Jol claims that he was one of finest footballers he had ever trained during his long career as a manager.
The Dutch coach has worked with some of the best players in the world but still managed to find special praise for Dembele, whom he claims has incredible passing abilities and can rival the likes of Mesut Ozil and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394 when it comes to natural talent.
“We’ve had a few players over the last few years who are a class above. Dembele is probably the best player on the ball I’ve ever seen, and we lost him. So we needed to give ourselves a new identity,” he said.
Jol never managed to replace Dembele with a similar player and even with the departure of Clint Dempsey, only chose to sign http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 from Manchester United.
A marquee signing nonetheless, it has paid great dividends in the last few games, with the Bulgarian International scoring twice over the weekend against West Bromwich Albion.
However, even then the coach was reminded of Dembele’s attacking prowess and claimed that if he was still here, he might have done things differently.
"Dembele against ten men would have done something different. That is what we lacked a bit and that is why we couldn’t score the third goal,” the tactician was quoted as saying.
Fulham are currently in contention for a lucrative UEFA Europa League spot and with the arrivals of luminaries such as Berba, their chances have never been higher in recent years.
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