There was a young centreback for Vitoria Guimaraes that really stood out in both games against us earlier in the Europa League: Edmond Tapsoba; he impressed me an awful lot. Sat down to watch Leverkusen take on Dortmund last week and there he was turning out for the former; Leverkusen paid €16m+ for him in the January window, so he clearly is a talent.
That said, he was terrible in the game I watched, looked entirely out of place, it was obviously one of his first matches in a new team/league, but it perhaps says something about players impressing in such a rubbish competition and when coming from even worse national leagues: the transition will take time and the step up is massive. I'm hoping the club have less riskier targets: Champions League players or players from stronger leagues, but obviously talent is the most important factor.
