Heaps of praise has been showered on Manchester United’s new boy Daniel James by his former teammate Alex Rodman.
James joined United last week from Swansea City. His former teammate Rodman has now talked about the frightening pace of the youngster.
“I had never really seen pace like that before,” Rodman told Sky Sports.
Rodman went on to add that James’ pace reminded him of the time he faced Antonio Valencia.
“Off the mark, wow. I remember playing against Antonio Valencia for Aldershot in the cup back when he was a young winger and his standing start was unbelievable.”
“You knew he was going down the wing so you would stand a yard off him because of that but he would still drop the shoulder and beat you. You cannot stop it and Dan reminds me a bit of that.”
“It was frightening. Scary. I saw it in a reserve game against Walsall. He was outstanding. Then there were the training sessions when he would just pick up the ball and do things that other people can’t do.”
“That’s why clubs like United sign people, because they do things that others can’t. If he gets one-on-one with someone in a foot race there is only one winner.”
Rodman went on to add that pace is not the only thing that is good with James. He praised the youngster for the calm head on his shoulders and believes United made the right choice by signing him.
“If you have a footballing brain on top of that, and he obviously does given what he has shown this year, then it is no wonder that Manchester United have made a move for him.”
“I guess I have to be grateful that he went back because if he had started showing some of the form that he has got now I would have been straight out of the team.”
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