Former Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey is a big fan of Christian Benteke.

Heskey was not renowned for his goalscoring at Villa, but he has been impressed with Benteke's ability to create chances and find the net.

"He can be as good as he wants with his pace and his power," Heskey told the Birmingham Mail.

"He hasn't really got a weakness as such.

"You think, right, heading, no, he can do that, he gets up, he's the one they try to hit from corners at the far post so he can power it back across.

"Running with the ball, there's not many who can push him off the ball.

"His hold-up play. His power and his ability to put that ball in the back of the net.

"Everything's been brilliant and he's only 23. So he's got a lot more to come and he can be as good as he wants to be."