Oli McBurnie has been singing the praises of fellow Sheffield United forward Iliman Ndiaye as he spoke to Radio Sheffield over the past week.
McBurnie joined Carl Asaba and Rob Staton on the Football Heaven Podcast to speak about the Blades.
Among the topics of conversation was star player, Ndiaye. The Senegalese star got his first international goal at the weekend and has double figures for the Blades this term.
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McBurnie, who has hit double figures himself this term, was speaking about a number of his teammates on the pod.
But when it came to Ndiaye, he couldn’t speak highly enough of his strike partner. However, McBurnie did reveal that Ndiaye’s ability does cause a problem on matchdays.
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Answering Staton’s questions on Ndiaye, McBurnie revealed that as players, the Sheffield United squad are sometimes guilty of standing and admiring Ndiaye rather than helping out.
“It’s hard not to be drawn to him though. Sometimes I think we’re sometimes guilty of when we do give him the ball, we’ll kind of leave him on his own and not give him any support because we just expect him to take everyone on”, McBurnie joked.
“We’re guilty of that. Sometimes it is the right decision to leave him one v one or whatever. But sometimes we just think ‘oh it’s Ili he’ll get out of it’. But that’s our fault because 9 times out of 10 he will get out of it. So yeah, if there’s one player when you’re going to watch who you’re going to be drawn to then it’s him.”
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It’s a really interesting point to note this from McBurnie. There are times when it’s simply impossible to take your eyes of Ndiaye.
When he’s got the ball, Bramall Lane immediately fills with expectation. Few players get fans on the edge of their seats quite like Ndiaye does and really, it’s no surprise McBurnie and the rest can be caught watching on themselves.
When Ndiaye ran the length of the field to score against Blackburn earlier this season, United’s players admitted they’d simply stopped as they knew what was coming.
This is a special time to be a Blades fan witnessing Ndiaye’s rise. He’s one of the best to ever emerge from the 21s into the first-team and if this is the last year we see him in red and white, then it’s a year we simply have to enjoy.
