That's the big question. Few people have seen enough of him to say. I'm still a little skeptical about how much of this is real and sustainable; he's scored four goals in 360 Bundesliga minutes, but this came after scoring four goals in around 1500 minutes for Schalke's U19 and U23 teams. I need more convincing that there isn't a significant flukish element to all of this.
That said, it's clear that he works hard and makes quality runs. That won't change from game to game, and that's going to get him a lot of opportunities — both to play and to score. The intelligence and nuance of some of his runs are what stood out to me the most in the highlights from his last two games, really. Despite his lack of impressive goal production at the youth levels and his bench status with the U23s, it's clear that Schalke have always rated him higher than his stats and usage suggest. After all, they called him up to the first team ahead of Luca Schuler, the 21 year old starter for Schalke II. It's also a nice sign that he got his first chances under Manuel Baum, and continued to get chances with Christian Gross after Baum was sacked.
It's not a wild prediction to say that I think he's going to come down to earth with his finishing no matter what. I also think there are still big questions about his ability to hold up the ball and participate in a possession game. But who knows — it's possible that he's made a big leap in his game and the regression to the mean won't be as big as one might think.
In general, I'm finding it very difficult to differentiate between most of our forward prospects. Sargent looked like The One, but he hasn't progressed as fast as hoped and while he's still a leading forward prospect the pack has closed a lot of the gap. But Dike, Akinola, Ebobisse, Soto, Gioacchini, Hoppe.... I just don't know how to rank them. I'd also keep an eye on Ricardo Pepi, who is a bit younger than those guys, in 2021.