I had been at [Manchester] City for three years, so I was aware of all of our best young talent, but I was also aware of all the young players of, say, [born in] 2002 right the way up to 2007/8. So I knew all of the best talent, and I had a pretty strong idea that the players at Cardiff were as good as a lot of the best young talent in Europe.
Sorloth is expected to cost around 40 million euros this summer and has impressed for Atletico this season, scoring 17 goals in all competitions for Diego Simeone's men.