It usually takes foreign players a few weeks, or even months, to adapt to the Premier League, but that hasn’t been the case with Rayan, who has looked brilliant in all three of his starts for Bournemouth in the Premier League so far.
He’s registered three goal contributions across just 288 minutes of action in the Premier League so far, and has also taken nine shots across these games, working out to a promising average of 2.81 shots per 90. He’s always willing to take on his man, and should have added to his goal contribution tally against West Ham last time out - narrowly missing the target after a brilliant run.
It was always going to be difficult for Bournemouth to replace Semenyo, but Rayan hitting the ground running is a massive plus for Andoni Iraola, with the Brazilian already looking very comfortable in his new surroundings, setting him up to continue his strong form with a goal contribution against a Sunderland side who have conceded 20 goals on the road in the Premier League this term.