The German forward is one of a host of foreign imports taking the league by storm after laying his hat in le Championnat - the League of Talents
It’s not easy being Julian Draxler. A highly talented footballer, he has always threatened to make the breakthrough at the highest level but is perhaps yet to quite manage it.
With Schalke he was a prodigious youth, but then a move to Wolfsburg saw his progress stall. A transfer to Paris Saint-Germain reinvigorated him, but then a matter of months later the Parisian outfit signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe - the two most expensive players in the world - leaving the German, who turns 25 next week, once again fighting for recognition.