I think the same about Atal (I've watched him live and quite a few 90's) and have always caveated about his defending, but he is fucking quick, so if he can be educated tactically, he has the pace to get himself out of trouble maybe and he's tenacious enough.
The trouble is, as I always argued when everyone was whining about Trippier, it's not like full backs who are excellent defensively and offensively are ten a penny out there, the ones that are get snapped up pretty quickly (AWB 50 fucking mil eg). I think, with our budget, we need to accept there will possibly be some compromise. But at least Atal has the pace and energy to get up and down for 90 (or did before his injury) and is very direct and can go past players. What he does next needs polish, as does his defending but if he's a third of the price of Aarons, it might be worth a punt. Hell, we might even be in the market for both if we ship out Aurier and KWP.