Ignore this tweet. It is a hoax. There is no sports journalist at the Mirror called James Niles.
Some sad sack has set up a new twitter account to post this one and only tweet.
Pathetic.

I think this is a straw man argument used all the time by premier league fans to try and hype up our league even further, like we don't already tear the proverbial arse out of that one enough.

Sometimes when you watch a player, the class is just evident. Whether that's in a big premier league clash or a Sunday league game. I don't think many doubted Wilfs capability of being able to come up with the goods eventually in the premier league, and that's because we could all just see how special a talent he was in front of our own eyes. When Barcelona signed Neymar, he came from the Brazilian league & he could've pretty much signed for any team in the world. The amount of examples are endless.

I agree that sometimes the competitiveness of a league can make players look better than they are. But certain players have that special something, bit of added extra that sets them apart from others who are simply scoring lots of goals or doing well from a statistical point of view in leagues of lesser quality.

Moussa Dembele is one of them, IMO he's the real deal and he has every attribute to not only play in the Premier league but also in our style of team. That's also without saying, as has been mentioned, he's done it in the champions league. The quality of that competition supercedes the Premier league ten fold & one of the teams he scored against was City. If he can do it against the team that is literally walking the "best league in the world", I'm sure he'll be fine.

For me we should put out all the stops to sign this lad. If he's available for a comparable price to Babacar, I'd take Dembele over him every single day of the week.

Edited by Mstrobez (16 Jan 2018 2.01pm)

I take your points no problem.
To be honest I wasn't trying to big up the Premier League, I dont need to. My point was about the lack of quality he plays against week in week out. And I disagree about what you are reading into him from the Champions League. 1 or 2 teams in most groups wouldn't cut it in the Premier League and that includes Celtic. But yes he had his day against Man City fair play.
If you've seen a lot of him to think he is genuine class then I hope he signs for Palace and proves me wrong. But my opinion is that people seem a bit over excited on this one. Cenk Tosun scored a few CL goals this year but I can tell from one game watching him he's won't be scoring many for Everton.