Eddie Howe

I think in the Champions League, teams are much more open.

They all try and play.

It's less transitional.

I think in the Premier League, it's become more physical than I've ever known it to be.

It's like a basketball game sometimes.

It's so relentless physically.

It's become a lot slower and a lot more set-piece based, I would say.

He's 19.

He's not going in there as a child who's going to sit in the academy for a couple of years.

I can imagine he's going in there to...

to play and the level at which that will be is obviously a point of contention as to how good the Scottish league actually is.

It is a league where you could go and play, it's a team where you can go and play especially if someone like Kieran Bowie does leave.

Going in January maybe that's another thing with him where it gives him a couple of months to settle and next season is where you see what he gets on.

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I've been pleased.

I still feel there's more to come from him.

I think he's an outstanding player and I think he can deliver great things for us.

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