“It’s just that he is exciting,” Zirkzee told us recently. “And, you know, he just dares to do it. He’s athletic and he doesn’t give one. He doesn’t care.
“He just goes and that is what I like.
“That’s what I like, he’s just ferocious, you know?”
Our no.11, who was denied a spectacular goal by a brilliant save from Aaron Ramsdale at Newcastle United last time out, showed his basketball skills in an NBA visit to Carrington last year.
“I’m pretty good,” he added. “They guys on the team, though, you can ask the guys. They all know!”