I expect this lad to be given a chance with the first team at some stage ... in the same way Morgan has. His goals record at international level for his Germany team is outstanding and he has done very well in international tournament matches too. As Brendan has stated, age is no barrier if the ability is there. I am sure I also read somewhere that after his achievements in reserve team football he was to be included in Leverkusens' full squad for the season up to when we bought him.
I asked a work collegue in Germany who is well up with German fooball if he knew of him and he said this lad is well known and very well thought of. He said to me he is very like Benzema - tall, strong, lots of pace, two footed and hard working. Just passing it on ..