While Pereira was cautious about the transfer talk, he was effusive in his praise for Anderson’s natural ability. The manager believes the England international is destined for the pinnacle of the European game, provided he continues to refine certain aspects of his positional discipline within a tactical system.
"He has the talent to be one of the top, top of the top," Pereira added. "Every time he can score more goals, he can take a little bit more risk in the last third because he has a very good shot. It depends on the system because if we play in the system where we give him total freedom to build play and to appear, I think he can do everything, but in our system, we are playing with two midfielders. He needs to understand when the other ones loses the position that he cannot lose the position. But he has a lot of talent, for sure. He’s young and he will fly with big wings."