After nearly four years of waiting, Newcastle United invested £55million to make Anthony Elanga the first right winger signed post-takeover. Nearly four months on and they are still waiting for the best version of that player to arrive.
No goals or assists from 11 matches is one metric by which to evaluate the 23-year-old’s early contribution, but it’s as much the eye test he is yet to pass. He looks as low on confidence as he is on numbers, lost as to how to use his greatest weapon, his whiplash speed, in new surrounds.