Stoke City boss Mark Hughes is excited by the potential of Giannelli Imbula.
He is confident the 23 year-old midfielder will use this season's experience as a launching pad into 2016/17.
"These six months will be invaluable for him," says Hughes, "because he's new to the country and new to the Premier League.
"So this is a learning process for him and you sense he's going to get to grips with the league very, very quickly and that next year we will see an uplift again in terms of his influence on games and what he can do for us.
"We are very encouraged by what we've seen, but there's more to come we think."