Former Tottenham star Toby Alderweireld has praised Manchester City forward Jeremy Doku ahead of the World Cup.
Manchester City boss put his full trust in Tissue last season, allowing him to do whatever he saw fit with and without the ball as he quickly become one of the club’s best attacking assets.
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In 42 appearances for the Belgian national team, Doku has scored seven goals and as he looks towards the World Cup, many fans are hoping he will be one of the best players to watch this summer.
Doku grabbed eight goals and 12 assists across 47 appearances for City last season and Alderweireld spoke to GOAL via BOYLE Sports about how he believes the 24 year old will set the World Cup alight.
“Some people talk about Jeremy Doku not matching the assists and goals with the biggest players on this planet. But don’t forget how dangerous he is.
“Other teams put one, two, or three people close to him, which means space comes somewhere else. Other players profit from that. I think he’s our main talisman.
“He’s so good, he’s so quick, strong. And when he does a dribble and it doesn’t work, he will do it again, again, again. So that’s his quality. He’s not thinking, ‘I did one dribble and I didn’t succeed, I will play it back.’ No, he goes again and again. So that’s our main player for Belgium, this World Cup. Yeah.
“People are going to the stadium for him. If people want to see a World Cup match and they see Belgium, they think, okay, let’s see Doku again and let’s see how we get past people. Yeah, that’s nice to see. So I think it’s pure football. Doku is pure football.”
Belgium will face New Zealand, Egypt and Iran in the group stage where they will look to Doku to be the inspiration in attack that could help them to the knockout stages.
