Observers have compared Bilal El Khannouss to Arjen Robben, as he gets off to a flying start away from Leicester City.
Rundschau für den Schwäbischen Wald do the comparing today, in an interview with the Leicester City loanee, who’s currently at Stuttgart.
The 21-year-old joined the German side on loan at the end of the window after being linked with a move away from Leicester City throughout the summer. The deal includes an obligation for them to buy under certain conditions.
He’s made a positive start to life in the Bundesliga, with two goals in four games to date. El Khannouss has also got one goal in two games in the Europa League.
This is where the comparison to Robben comes in. The newspaper explains the Dutch legend made a speciality of cutting in from the wing and scoring, with few unable to stop him when he did it.
The Leicester City loanee is doing something similar, with his three goals coming from a similar movement. He’s on his way to establishing the move as his own ‘personal trademark’.
Scoring hasn’t been on the 21-year-old’s strengths in recent years. He managed just three in 37 competitive games last season for Leicester City. That appears to have changed, and he admits he sometimes overthought things last season.
“I follow my instincts, last season I overthought things,” he said.
It’s all good news for his new club so far. Although manager Sebastien Hoeneß still wants to make him more of a complete player.
“The balance between risk and clarity isn’t always right yet, there are one or two too many ball losses. We’ll work on that with him,” he added.
