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Willy needs time to settle - McCall

Thu 13 Dec, 04:15 PM


Stuart McCall has urged the Bradford supporters not to expect "too much too soon" from Chilean striker Willy Topp.The 21-year-old is set to go straight into the Bantams squad to face Yorkshire rivals Rotherham on Saturday after his transfer from Universidad Catolica finally received the all-clear from the authorities.

McCall told the Telegraph and Argus: "I hope people don't expect too much too soon from the lad. Billy has not played in this type of football before and needs time to settle in.

"He's obviously been training all the time with us but match fitness is totally different. Our lads aren't kicking lumps out of him in training - match football is a complete change from playing games in training.

"But Billy has settled in well; he obviously knows a lot of the lads now and his English is improving all the time. He just needs games out on the pitch.

"There's a chance he will be in the squad depending on the injuries. He's not ready to start a game yet but that doesn't mean he can't come on for 20 minutes."

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