The sheer
amount of attacking midfielders we have that all play the same position and that add no different dynamic to the game and the lack of defensive cover we have.
What adds even more weight to his cause is being able to play him in any three
of the attacking midfield positions, adding another hint of quality to mount a hunt for silverware.
The Germany international would make an ideal replacement for Coutinho in attack, and is capable of playing in a variety
of attacking midfield roles, or even up front.
His creative ability from a
variety of attacking midfield positions made him a highly influential player almost straight away, and with a highly impressive haul of 22 goals and 12 assists in his final season with the club in 2006/07, he was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid for # 23million.
Stam, signed as a right - back from FC Twente in the summer, has been used on the right - hand
side of the attacking midfield band in Wigan's 4 -2-3-1 and when thus positioned he counter-balances the roaming tendencies of Charles N'Zogbia on the opposite side of the pitch.
Chelsea have an
abundance of attacking midfielders in their first - team squad and their Under - 19s won the UEFA Youth League earlier this week, prompting Vickery into suggesting Nathan may be loaned out like many Blues youngsters before him.
Players like Toure, Matic, Ramires, Schneiderlin make a huge difference, and even a lot
of attacking midfielders like Mikel, Essien etc are tough.
I totally agree with your
list of attacking midfielders as they are well rounded in their respective games not one dimensional like Ozil and i will add Cazorla to that list too.
And it was against the Blues that Tottenham's own tricky
pairing of attacking midfielders directly combined for Dele to rise above his markers to head home from an Eriksen cross after the Dane found himself a gap to work in, and just enough time to look up and spot his teammate.
I will assure all the «Ozil is never in the wrong brigade», those
days of an attacking midfielder who is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.
where will you put the whole
myriad of attacking midfielders at the club if you play two DMs?I know you'll say rotation but I don't know a tinker man who has a consistent team.players need to play regularly to keep their form
The fact is that Arsenal are blessed with an amazing
array of attacking midfielders, and especially have Cazorla (Wenger's Player - of - last - season) and Alexis Sanchez who are more than capable of making the No 10 role their own next season, while we are desperate for a more defensive - minded midfielder to share the burden with Francis Coquelin.
See, Morgan is hardly the kind of guy we need (not outrightly defensive), Vidal too has been said to be
much of an attacking midfielder and also hardly what we need.
The powerfully built Everton man offers the tough tackling robust qualities of a defensive midfielder whilst also being able to provide the goal threat and assist making
attributes of an attacking midfielder.
With Theo Walcott almost permanently injured and Lukas Podolski possibly leaving, Arsenal could be lining up an exciting # 26m move to sign Barcelona winger Pedro, who can fill in a
number of attacking midfield roles and provide the team with another goal threat.
And Rodgers has also been impressed with the
performances of attacking midfielder Davy Klaassen and will also look to see about including him in any deal that cab be struck for Veltman.
The likes of Adnan Januzaj, Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia will also likely remain ahead of the 25 - year - old in the pecking order as van Gaal ponders how to fit in Di Maria among his
crop of attacking midfield players.
Ramsay is a talented player but unfortunately for him he's not a disciplined cm, and is otherwise behind both Santi and Ozil in any
kind of attacking midfield role, and that's probably where his best suited.
obviously not... he has his moments no doubt but is too slow to anticipate
efforts of our attacking midfield and does nt hassle intimidate and threaten defences enough... do nt think he would be at arsenal if he wasnt coming from ligue 1