The biggest Premier League stars going to AFCON and the Asian Cup

Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-min, Andre Onana and Kaoru Mitoma are among the ones to watch.

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00:00 Absolutely exceptional player, all-time great, shadow of doubt.

00:04 The quality he has as a player is pretty evident to anybody

00:08 who's been following the Premier League and world football.

00:11 We are happy with our goalkeeping group.

00:23 Definitely with Andre and Andre Coman,

00:26 he was in one semi-final Champions League,

00:29 he was last season in a final Champions League.

00:32 So he has the capabilities to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

00:39 He showed that and he will do.

00:41 He can play in any position in the back line,

00:48 any formation in the back line,

00:50 and we don't have a player like him.

00:51 And defending is probably one of the best that I've seen in many situations,

00:57 and his concept, his principle, the way he applies it,

01:00 the way he goes into duels.

01:01 I said to the guys at Celtic,

01:07 because Brighton put him in Belgium first year on the loan,

01:14 I said to him, "You watch this guy, when he hits Premier League,

01:16 he's going to rip it apart."

01:18 I knew.

01:19 Newt Thomas is a crucial part of the team for us,

01:25 because in one-to-one in the last 25 meetings,

01:29 in terms of goals,

01:35 he's one of the most important players.

01:38 He's known for a long time,

01:44 the quality he has as a player is pretty evident to anybody

01:48 who's been following the Premier League and world football,

01:51 and I had the advantage of already having a glimpse into him as a person.

01:56 I guess the only new thing for him is that he's taken over a leadership role

02:02 within the group here, and again, he's taken to that really well.

02:08 Absolutely exceptional player, all-time great,

02:15 Shadow of a doubt.

02:17 I was blessed to have a few good ones, to be honest,

02:20 but as I said, he's right up there and the numbers are super special.

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