Though Mata finished the last two campaigns as Chelsea's Player of the Year Mourinho initially preferred to use Eden Hazard and Oscar as
his creative midfield talents and when the former Valencia man has been used he has failed to hit the heights that saw him play a pivotal role in the West London club's Champions League and Europa League successes.
Brendan Rodgers has already welcomed in four new additions to his Liverpool squad but had been strongly linked with interest in Shakhtar Donestk attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who subsequently joined Borussia Dortmund, indicating that the Northern Irishman was keen to bring in
a creative midfield talent this summer.
The creative midfield talent has been dubbed the «Next Cesc Fabregas» (via the Daily Star) and the Daily Mirror reports the teenager has a # 7.5 m release clause written into his contract.
Not exact matches
Arsenal do not possess much in the way of effective defensive or holding
midfielders, with the number of
creative talents far outweighing those who can get «stuck - in» and offer protection.
a
creative mid to replace our aging cazorla and a hardtackling
midfield to break up play like gueye would be ideal, now with Saed and one or two young
talent signings we got a team that can challenge on all fronts next season minus the deadweight (Walcott, elneny, Wilshire, Gibbs, Perez, debuchy, Gabriel, Campbell, Ramsey if if we sign two
midfield players) COYG
Rodgers is seemingly keen to add
creative talents to freshen up his
midfield and could see Eriksen as a possible long term successor to Steven Gerrard and a player he can build his young side around.
Without Rosicky, however, and with every game now taking on more importance, I can see Wenger relying on the
creative talents of our top attacking
midfielder more and more.
Felipe Anderson wouldn't replace the Dutchman, but would offer a fresh option linking
midfield and attack, and is a direct
creative talent who could help provide some much needed ammunition in the final third.
Whenever the likes of Alexis (Sanchez), Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain leads the line in tandem with the
creative talent of Mesut Ozil in
midfield Arsenal's attacking foray's are difficult to deal with, and it was evident as Stoke struggled to contain Arsenal as they made their quality count in the game.
A left - footed and
creative central
midfielder, Rabiot has been followed by Arsenal for years and is regarded as one of the biggest
talents in Ligue 1.
The
midfielder would bring a wealth of experience despite his age with 34 England caps, and if he stays injury free he is one of the country's most
creative talents.
Higuain appears to be the key target over Wayne Rooney, though Arsenal are looking for a
creative midfielder to compliment the more direct
talents of Higuain.
Benzema would go some way to addressing that issue, whilst also being a striker who can link with the
creative talent in Arsenal's
midfield.
The Cameroon international has emerged as a shock target for the Catalan giants, as they look to add steel to a
midfield brimming with
creative talent.
4 Mikel Arteta (Everton) Rangers and Everton fans alike will tell you that Arteta is a huge
talent, but the modest Spaniard still doesn't get the credit his
creative midfield play deserves.