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Mark McDougall

Austin Samuels lays out Aberdeen plan as he targets James Maddison's path to English Premier League

Austin Samuels is aiming to follow in the footsteps of James Maddison by shining on loan at Aberdeen.

The striker joined from Wolves last month and hopes he can kick on and become a regular in Stephen Glass' new look team, although he faces stiff competition up front.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Christian Ramirez and Marley Watkins are all options up front and Samuels is determined to make his mark in the team too.

And he hopes to follow the blueprint set by Maddison during a loan spell at Pittodrie back in 2016/17 before he returned to Norwich and then earned a big move to Leicester.

Since then he's been a regular in the Foxes side and is regarded as one of the best playmakers in the league, earning an England cap in the process too.

And Samuels said: "I definitely know that they do develop a lot of good young players here. Obviously Maddison is the stand-out one for me, watching him in the Premier League every week for Leicester.

"That was definitely a factor and something I thought about. Hopefully I can emulate that as well and kick on my career throughout this season and the seasons to go.

"When I knew Aberdeen were interested I wanted to come here. I know the history of the club, they've got so many good players and are always going well in the league, so it was definitely a place I wanted to come and develop myself."

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