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As Sky Sports writers had their say on the Premier League summer signing of the season, journalist Charlotte Marsh has picked out Leicester City attacking midfielder James Maddison as her man.
What did she say?
After excelling at Coventry City and then Norwich City in the Sky Bet Championship, the young England talent finally made his big £20 million step up to the Premier League in the summer 2018 transfer window.
Breaking into Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions squad along the way, the 22-year-old has made 31 appearances in all competitions, scoring six and assisting six and here’s what Marsh had to say when naming Maddison her top-flight signing of the summer:
“It has been a stellar first campaign for James Maddison in the Premier League and despite a truly turbulent season for Leicester, the 22-year-old has remained unflappable and mightily impressive in midfield. He has started in 28 of Leicester’s 31 league matches – showing his importance to both Claude Puel and Brendan Rodgers – with six goals scored, which is already the second best return of his career. He has also created 81 scoring chances for his side – the joint-most in Europe’s top five leagues along with Atalanta’s Alejandro Gomez and Lyon’s Memphis Depay. At such a young age, it will be exciting to watch his development over the next few years.”
He’s up there, but can he be called signing of the summer?
No, despite how much the starlet has fulfilled his potential in his first Premier League season, his contribution hasn’t quite been enough to be called signing of the summer.
In a couple of years, we could be looking back on the best signing in recent memory for Brendan Rodgers’ men as Maddison is a very exciting prospect, but not just yet.
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The star who can also do a job out on the wing is up there in the running for signing of the summer, with the likes of David Brooks and Felipe Anderson in the same position, however, he’s just short of the mark.
Maddison’s wonderful free-kicks have sometimes served a distraction from his shortcomings on the pitch and there is plenty of room for improvement, based on his first term with the Foxes.
