Michut has been finding his form recently, and following his first ever senior goal Mowbray praised the 20 year old, he was also questioned about Michut’s future and whether we will sign him in the summer.
MICHUT
“He has an opinion of how he is as a footballer. You can sometimes see me screaming at him from the sidelines, and he’s looking over and I can see him thinking, ‘Shut up’. Listen, I don’t mind that. I like personality in footballers. I like footballers to have a character, as long as they’re respectful and understand that when we’re talking about football, it’s never personal. If there’s things he has to improve on, then he has to work hard on them. He can’t just say, ‘I don’t believe, I don’t understand’, because he’ll find that if he doesn’t work on the things we want him to work on, he won’t play. But he’s a good lad – I like Edouard – and he’s a good footballer.”
FUTURE
"Let’s see where the future is for him. Hopefully, he cements his place in the team and everybody talks about him as we move forward because he can see pictures on the pitch. He showed the other night that he’s a very good finisher. I’ve been saying for a while that in training, he smashes it in the net on a regular basis. We have to get him further forward, and we’re trying to develop systems where we can do that. That could be bringing the opposite side full-back inside to play as a screening midfielder, which pushes him higher, almost as a ‘high eight’ to play in and around the box. Hopefully, he’ll score goals and become the footballer that he wants to be.”
FIGHT
“I tell him he has to fight with the body he’s got. That’s what he has to do. It’s no good him saying, ‘Well I can’t play against that big six foot four midfield player, he’s too strong’. He has to do it. He has to fight with his body, and to be fair to him, he does put his body in. If he does that and he gets knocked over, then it’s a foul and he gets a free-kick and on we play. He’s got that quality where he can almost slither under a player with a bigger frame and get past him, and obviously once he’s on the ball, we know he’s a very talented boy."
WILL WE SIGN HIM?
"I don't think that's my decision, it's up to those who make that decision on whatever that number might be, is he contributing enough or has he got the potential to contribute enough to be an asset for the football club. For me, I just work with the footballers and wring as much growth out of them as we can. Edouard is showing that he is a good footballer. Where might he be a bit down the line? Will the division be easier for him because he's adapted? Only time will tell. If that decision has to be made in the summer then it won't be mine, the club will have to decide whether they see a player who can turn millions into multi-millions somewhere in the future. First and foremost Edouard has to stay in the team, at the moment he's getting an opportunity which is great because he's showing everyone what he can do."
