Juanma Lillo lavished praise on to Manchester City gem Oscar Bobb after his sparkling cameo in his side’s 5-1 victory against Fulham.
As quoted by City’s official website, the Spanish coach gave his two cents on the 20-year-old’s potential.
Juanma Lillo believes Oscar Bobb is a huge talent, as he exemplified against Fulham on Saturday evening.
Juanma Lillo raves about Oscar Bobb
During pre-season, especially against Yokohama Marinos, the teenager looked born to play in sky blue, exhibiting his technical excellence and wise decision-making.
Making his debut for the treble-winners against Fulham, Bobb beat defenders for fun, looked typically silky on the ball and seemed unfazed on the biggest day of his career so far.
Juanma Lillo lauded Oscar Bobb as a talent and went on to say that Manchester City will manage him patiently.
“We have great expectations for Oscar.”
“He’s won his place in the squad through his talent. He’s a very alive player on the pitch, he’s very daring and he’s someone who can play on the inside and outside. We just need to be calm, we need to give him his time and he also has to be patient and give himself that time.”
“But it’s another great player that we’ve got who’s come from the academy and we expect big things.”
Cole Palmer and James McAtee’s exits could be a blessing for the Norwegian
As Juanmo Lillo clearly said, Oscar Bobb is now a first-team player at Manchester City.
Whether that would have been the case with Cole Palmer and James McAtee choosing to stay put alongside fresh faces like Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes as well is unlikely.
Clearly, the Norwegian now has a less competitive route to getting minutes at senior level and due to his ability to play in midfield and out wide, he is likely to get chances this season.
Oscar Bobb’s decision not to either demand a loan stint or an exit could benefit him, much like the case was with Phil Foden.
