I expect him to be a starter next season with Pienaar and perhaps another La Liga wonderkid, if we loan one, being used in the Europa.
He was virtually our first summer signing, that was the idea in the deal for him in the first place but Spartak wanted him gone so badly that we virtually just did them a favour and took him earlier. He definitely looked good in spots last year but clearly lacked fitness to go a full 90 minute game, hence why he was mostly used off the bench. He impressed me with his pace though and his crossing was actually pretty good when you consider everyone raving about how terrible he was at it when we first heard he was coming.
One game that sticks out in my mind is Fulham away, he ripped their tired back-line to shreds and was pivotal to us pulling out the win that day. Hopefully that's what we see more of next season. If so, we could have ourselves a top little player.