"He is the sort of player who adapts to whichever system he is asked to play in. There would be games where we wanted to play deep, and he would come back and help the defence as much as he could, offering a great outlet on the counter-attack, thanks to his speed.
"And there would be games against smaller sides, where we would be tasked with attacking for 90 minutes and breaking them down, and he would run all day to find space.
“That is the sort of player he is: he looks for space all the time. There are not many players like him, of his calibre, in Europe. Manchester City’s fans will see that he is similar to David Silva in that, but also to a lot of the players at Barcelona.
"He is like Andrés Iniesta, David Villa or Pedro: he looks for space and he is always moving. He is small, but he is intelligent. There is no reason why he will not be a star for City for years to come.”