Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp showered praise on match-winner Adel Taarabt after the Moroccan scored twice to give QPR their first victory of the league season against Fulham.
The London club had previously gone 16 games without a win - the worst ever start to a Premier League campaign - before Taarabt's second-half brace earned a 2-1 victory over Fulham at a relieved Loftus Road.
Taarabt failed to impose himself under Redknapp during the pair's time together at Tottenham Hotspur, but the QPR manager said he never doubted the 23-year-old's ability.
"Taarabt is an amazing talent. I sold him at Tottenham, but I never wanted to do that," he said.
"He is a fantastic footballer and he has the ability to be up there with the best. I thought it was one of the all-round great individual performances.
"Everything he did was top-class. He has all the talent to be whatever he wants to be."