Player Review

I've managed to pack this legend of a player in my base icon SBC (which I promised myself to never do again because I got back to back Lampard last year) and all I can say is WOW.

When I’ve first started using him I wasn’t sure where to put him, I was playing 4-2-3-1 and I found his agility, pace, shooting a bit low for CAM but I found his defending awareness also way too low for CDM and that was quite a big problem. I’ve tried most of the chemistry styles to make sure he would work in any of those positions like even guardian (huge boost in defending awareness) or artist for the +15 agility. Neither of them worked for me and I was quite upset, I felt like his dribbling was clumsy and he would never win a 1 on 1 tackle.

After trying him in a 4-4-2 with a solid defensive midfielder next to him it all started working out. I put him up next to Kanté which I put on to stay behind and the only instruction I gave him was to get into the box. The results are insane, he is always available and a great playmaker. His dribbling was something I had to get used to, in no way he is a De Jong that uses his dribbling and agility to create space. This guy creates the space by slowing the game down, giving a great pass, and when there is space I shoot so so many shots outside of the box (mind I’ve got 25 goals in 45 games, and the first 20 games I hardly scored because I had to get used to him). His defending with a shadow is still, a little bit disappointing but that’s no problem! Put a Kanté next to him and all you can do is attack and attack and let Kanté do it himself.

Going through the stats one by one:

His pace is good, with a shadow he feels quite fast. He is not an Mbappé but he can run out some defenders or fullbacks.

His dribbling is a weird one, it’s actually good but it’s just something you gotta get used to a little bit. Once you do that you start dribbling and skilling past your opponents like crazy.

His physical stats are quite good, he doesn’t feel like he runs too fast out of stamina (playing balanced both defensive and attacking with a depth of 6). He isn’t too aggressive but he is quite hard to push of the ball.

His shooting is probably the best part of the card, you really don’t need to boost those stats. His finishing is good for a midfielder but not like a FIFA 19 Ben Yedder but his longshots are really what it’s all about. Don’t you dare giving the pass when you have space, R1 shoot that shit in the top bin.

His defending is quite poor for a midfielder. Even with a shadow/guardian/anchor/sentinel it just isn’t enough. He intercepts a ball a couple times a game and he might win like 2-3 one on one tackles for me but it just isn’t enough. Pair him with a really good CDM because otherwise, your defense will be falling apart like the Roman Empire.

His passing is really really really really really, did I say really? REALLY GOOD. He hardly ever misses a part and sometimes when I try and triangle that ball through it just sometimes picks a way better option giving me a good chance.

Would I pay the coins for it myself if he wasn’t untradeable? No, his price tag is really overpriced in my opinion. If his defensive awareness was a little bit better I’m sure he would be but the fact that he is over 2.500.000 right now just seems insane to me. But if you got the coins he is sure worth a try!