Sentences with phrase «modern midfielder»

The 22 - year - old is the perfect modern midfield player, capable of contributing to all aspects of the game.

Rooney has revealed he's long anticipated the move and has as a result spent time studying the way some of the great modern midfielders dictate the play from that central position.

The world's newest most expensive player — a footballer with the attributes and abilities to live up to his billing as the archetypal modern midfield all - rounder — was muffled by his manager's tactics in almost the complete reverse of Guardiola's impact upon De Bruyne.

Another modern midfield icon, Andrea Pirlo has had joy in this competition with AC Milan and is also up there with the finest players to appear for Juventus.

Really, Neves fits into the mould of the modern midfielder; able to play a variety of ways, in multiple positions.

As much as # 30m seems like a lot of money to spend a defensive midfielder, Xhaka is far from being an archetypal holding midfielder, he is instead, a multifaceted performer and in many ways the ideal prototype for the modern midfielder.