Player Review

Marco van Basten is a complete striker. His absolute strength is shooting, marked by a score of 96, but his finishing with 99 is brutally strong. When he gets a shot, the ball is in the goal. No matter with the right or the left. His 5 stars weak foot help him to make the goal from any position. His volleys are also striking (also 99). He makes the goals after crosses spectacularly with side kicks or bicycle kicks. But he is also successful with his head, thanks to a header accuracy of 95 in combination with a height of 188cm and 87 bounce. His speed of 92 (with engine) and strength of 83 allow him to win many sprint duels against defenders. Despite his size of 188cm he controls the ball very well in the drill. He has only 3 star skills, but simple oversteps are often enough for him to overcome the defense. However, there are a few flaws, such as his passing. Especially with steep passes into the depth van Basten has his problems. Beyond that, he unfortunately only has med/med work rates. That's why he lacks presence in the offense, especially on the counterattack. 

Conclusion: Marco van Basten is the ultimate striker who can turn every chance into a goal. But he is less suited as a playmaking striker. But he can decide every game.

Recommendation: I recommend Marco van Basten to anyone who is looking for absolute goal guarantee without executing beautiful dribbles/skills before that. 

Tips: Bring crosses on him and use the classic overstep. Use another teammate as a CAM.

Bois, I created a FutBin account just to leave this review. This guy is a superb player for the price. You want a striker under 150k? Just go for him with your eyes closed. The man can finish from anywhere, inside, outside, volleys, headers, he's got it all. His initial burst of pace is a little lacking but, if you are no pace merchant, this is the guy. He naturally finds himself in the best attacking positions and has beaten some of the best defenders with his positioning (the New Lucio, TOTY Van Dijk, Flashback Ramos). I used him with a Catalyst chem style but, you can use him with the Engine chem style to make him feel more agile and nimble on the ball. If you are looking for a proper striker, who can hold the ball well and is reasonably cheap, go for Van Basten, he is super underrated.

Also, this guy successfully managed to bench my Mbappe (and he was my top goalscorer)

So, finally hes usable. If u dont use skills. Just pass and move, honestly. Bought for 230k, now 150k, dont care, its a 95 rated icon striker with 5 star wf and 96 shooting for vraiment cheap pricing thanks to all of the elastico merchants :) In all seriousness hes actually top tier, decent pace with engine, doesn't miss, dribbling is good enough and wins every header. Still a bad card compared to him irl, this should be his prime. Probs could use a hawk, dribbling honestly not bad at all. #buzzing