Lewis Ferguson is now better than two of Serie A's celebrated midfielders, Adrian Rabiot and Teun Koopmeiners, according to his Bologna boss Thiago Motta.

The Scotland international equalled the legendary Denis Law's 61-year-old goalscoring record as the highest-scoring Scot in Serie A with a goal last weekend against Lazio to take his tally to ten. Former Aberdeen player Ferguson already scored three goals this season which is more than Juventus and France star Rabiot and Atalanta and Netherlands ace Koopmeiners.

And he's been ranked as more influential than both of them in Serie A stats. But that doesn't come as any surprise to manager Motta. The former Barcelona and PSG star, who played for both Brazil and Italy in his career, said: "Lewis is doing very well, he works morning, afternoon and evening and he always recovers very well. There's a reason he overtook both Rabiot and Koopmeiners in the rankings - two players of the highest level who play for their respective national teams."

Ferguson is now approaching 50 appearances for Bologna in Serie A after joining from the Dons in a £3 million deal last summer. He's been linked with moves to bigger fish in the Serie A pond, including Juve.

HIs form for I Rossoblu means he's almost certain to be part of Steve Clarke's Scotland squad for the Euro 2024 finals in Germany next summer. However, starts in dark blue have been hard to come by for the former Hamilton youngster and the next step is forcing his way into his country's starting XI.