Brighton and Hove Albion youngster Abdallah Sima is ready made for the Premier League and finally proving that this season.
That’s according to ex-coach Miloslav Brožek, who is convinced the 23-year-old will make it to the top at some point.
MF DNES cover comments from the Brighton man’s former coach today in a piece looking at how Sparta Prague once ‘polished the diamond’, Sima, who is now shining in France.
Sima joined Stade Brestois on loan at the end of the transfer window and has had an instant impact, bagging three goals in three games in the Champions League.
Brest are the surprise package of this years European competition, collecting seven points in three games with a goal tally of 7:2 to boot. Sima has been a major a part of that, bagging the goals that have gotten his side the points.
It’s a continuation of what is a ‘fairytale story’ for the winger so far, one which started with Brest’s upcoming opponents Sparta Prague.
He joined then from MAS Taborsko but only lasted a year before Brighton paid €8m to snap him up. He’s yet to feature for the Seagulls but has enjoyed loan spells at Stoke, Angers, Glasgow Rangers and now Stade Brestois.
Brožek was the man who gave him his chance at Taborsko and can see nothing but a bright future on the cards at Brighton, or elsewhere in England.
“A boy is a man. Look at him. Juvenile and slightly naive speech is rubbish, this is a finished footballer. A big strong guy with loads of experience. Even though he is still only twenty-three,” he said.
“He can easily play in the Premier League from next season. Although we are no longer in close contact, we write to each other twice a year, but I still live with him from a distance.”
