Asked by Akinfenwa who his toughest opponent in the Premier League has been, Eze said exclusively to GOAL'sBeast Mode On podcast: "I'm gonna [Kevin] De Bruyne, you know. To play the way he was playing, to do the things that he was doing for that amount of time… yeah, not easy. You can tell that he's a high-level thinker. These are the type of players I’ve looked up to from young, so definitely a special player.
"Probably the player you're coming up against and you're like, ‘he's got solutions to problems I hadn't even given him yet’. He's a special guy."
De Bruyne made an impressive start to life with Napoli following his summer switch to Italy, scoring four goals in his opening eight appearances. However, the Belgian is unlikely to feature for the defending Serie A champions again this year, having suffered a serious thigh injury while scoring a penalty in an eventual 3-1 win over Inter last month.