Bouaddi has already shown glimpses of his immense potential at Man City and Ferdinand was blown away by his second-half cameo in last week’s Champions League defeat to PSG.
‘Did you see when Ayyoub Bouaddi came on? This is why I was talking about him over the last year and during the summer transfer window,’ Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel.
‘He came on and showed PSG that they may have missed out on someone who was on their doorstep when he was playing in France.
Man City summer signing Ayyoub Bouaddi (Picture: Shutterstock)
‘He turned 19 this month, right? His transfer fee is the same as [Andrey] Santos and [Youri] Tielemans combined. Manchester United were in for him, 100%, but the fee was just too much.
‘Just that little cameo against PSG makes you go, “oh, I can’t believe we missed out on that. I can’t believe it.” I’m so gutted, so gutted. He’s bad! He’s so calm under pressure.
‘Man City have got that many games that then can share the load about. Because of his age you can just dip him in and out but sooner rather than later that’s not going to fly with him because he’s an incredible footballer.
‘They’ve got Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez is that midfield as well but this kid could be the best of the three, easily.’
Following his impressive impact against European champions PSG, Bouaddi played the entire 90 minutes of Man City’s win over Ipswich Town on Saturday.
