Youssoufa Moukoko has "enormous quality", according to Borussia Dortmund team-mate Raphael Guerreiro, but the defender has urged both his admirers and critics to afford him the time to fully develop.
The Cameroon-born striker has etched his name into the record books this season as the Bundesliga's youngest-ever player at just 16, and has set pulses racing with a string of eye-catching performances under Edin Terzic.
Yet while his senior clubmate has predicted that a bright future lies ahead for the teenager, he has insisted that expectations he will be an overnight success will be unfounded, instead stating that the attacker must be given the space to flourish.