Friday 4 September 2015 11:56, UK
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois thinks Belgium team-mate Kevin De Bruyne will make an instant impact in the Premier League.
Manchester City concluded a long pursuit of the playmaker by finalising a £54.5m deal to buy him from Bundesliga club Wolfsburg on the final day of the summer transfer window.
The deal was a drawn-out one but does not appear to have affected De Bruyne, who made one and scored one in Belgium's 3-1 win over Bosnia in the European Qualifiers on Thursday night.
Courtois, whose club side Chelsea trail De Bruyne's new employers by eight points in the Premier League, feels the performance is a testament to the player's qualities.
"He shows his quality and mental strength that after two weeks of negotiation and difficult days he managed to play a very good game and he helped to secure us the victory," he said.
"It is very good for him and we are looking forward to having him in the Premier League and show his quality there."
Meanwhile, Asmir Begovic says there is no panic among the Chelsea squad over their poor start to the season.
The Blues have only won one of their first four games so far and find themselves 13th in the Premier League table at this early stage.
Only Sunderland have conceded more goals in the division than Chelsea, who have made their worst defensive start to a season since 1971, but Begovic, who deputised for the suspended Courtois in the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City last month, is confident the squad can overcome their current troubles.
"I think it is a combination of things, a little bit of bad luck, a little bit of other teams playing quite well and maybe we are not playing as well as we should have," he said.
"A lot of things haven't gone our way, we've had bad luck with sendings-off, things like that.
"It's been difficult, I think the second season after being champions is the most difficult and there is a bit of reaction to that.
"It is nothing that our dressing room can't handle, we've got a manager to take us forward and we're not panicking just yet."
