‘He has a fantastic agent’ Crouch surprised by Choupo-Moting’s success

Having left

in 2017,

was not a well- known player when he joined

. The Cameroonian striker managed to score only five goals in his 32 appearances for his club and left the English side at the end of the season. His best moment arrived late in the season when he managed to put two goals behind

’s net as his team was losing a fight to stay at the Premier League. But Chpoupo- Moting’s adventure didn’t stop there and the Cameroonian International received an offer from

to play as a back-up for the team’s attacking line. As his contract ended at the end of the 2019-20 season, PSG did not offer the player a contract extenstion but he was surprisingly wanted by the Champions League winners

as they were ready to offer the free- agent a one-year contract to play for the Bavarian side as a back-up for

. Chpoupo- Moting’s ex-teammate Peter Crouch has spoken about his success at playing for European top clubs especially after his disappointing performances for Stoke City.

"We both scored five goals in 2017-18. Maybe I undersold myself and retired too early. What I would say, in fairness to Eric, is that he had so much talent," he told the Daily Mail.

"You could see in training he was a player but it just didn't happen as it should have done for him on a matchday.

"It was probably fitting that he ended up in Paris after Stoke. When he was around, the dressing room resembled Paris Fashion Week. He used to wear some clobber that, really, you needed to have some confidence to pull off. He had a pair of jeans that were draped with a set of oversized keys and chains. He had trench coats that went all the way to the floor - nothing was off-limits.

"Eric was a good lad and he's obviously got a fantastic agent who has got him some fantastic opportunities. Good luck to him."