The Leeds United star played alongside the Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder last season.
Leeds United left-back Barry Douglas has named former Wolverhampton Wanderers team-mate Ruben Neves as the best footballer that he has played with.
Douglas left Wolves – who had just won Premier League promotion – to join Leeds last summer.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have been hugely impressive in the top flight and were knocked out of an FA Cup semi-final by Watford on Sunday.
Neves looked a class apart in the Championship last term and the 22-year-old midfielder has enhanced his reputation with a brilliant first season in the Premier League.
He has already been linked to England’s elite and the Leeds defender can see his old colleague going straight to the very top.
He told BBC Radio Leeds: “Just because of the age and the ability of Ruben Neves, he’s got to be up there [as the best player I have played with in my career]”.
“He’s got all the attributes to go to the very top and I think he will. So it was my pleasure to play alongside him.”
According to The Times, Wolves slapped a £100 million price tag on the youngster last year.
Douglas, ruled out for the rest of the season, is on course to win back-to-back promotions, with the Whites second in the Championship with five games to go.
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