Technical Director of NAC Breda Hans Smulders has lavished commendations on Manchester City loanee Thomas Agyapong.
Agyapong, who joined NAC Breda on loan from Manchester City at the start of the Dutch Eredivie campaign, has flourished into one of the side's key figures.
Together with Thierry Ambrose , Angeliño, Paolo Fernandes, Manu GarcÃa, and Pablo MarÃ, the Manchester City loanees have been an important part of the Nac Breda team this season.
The Yellow and Blacks are 15th on the table, three points away from safety but technical director of B=NAC Breda has hailed the impact of the players.
"Now on average four to five City players are in the starting line. It is our intention that our own players start playing more and more. At the moment this is not possible, because the players of City are potentially better than our own boys, "explains Hans Smulders, technical director at NAC, in conversation with BN / De Stem .
"If we can make the gap smaller, there will be a tendency that we have fewer and fewer City players in the base."
"It does not mean, however, that there will be a change in the number of players that are temporarily taken over from Manchester City every year. "
"Our cooperation goes well beyond providing players alone. Manchester City helps us with a lot of knowledge, new methodologies and resources. You have to be open to that as a coach, "says Smulders.