Mini Frenkie de Jong. Baby Bruno. When it comes to Sean Steur, Newcastle United’s newest midfield maestro, the superlatives and comparisons flow.
Fans are already torn on the 18-year-old Ajax recruit. It’s not because they don’t rate him - you’d have to be daft not to - it’s mostly because they’ve only just fallen in love with him, and can already plot his route to the top of the game.
You can tell he’s proper Ajax. Right from the Johan Cruyff playbook. Smooth, silky, smart, sees absolutely everything. His body shape and movement is divine, the angles, the twists, the progressive thinking. Tempo defining capability, calm and press resistant. Can we maybe hide him away somewhere so Barcelona - who already admire with a watchful eye - don’t come knocking?