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Why Pau Torres is the perfect partner for Harry Maguire at #mufc?
A CB faster than Messi, Vinicius Jr. , Cristiano Ronaldo & Greizmann.
With Graphical Representation
A THREAD
A CB faster than Messi, Vinicius Jr. , Cristiano Ronaldo & Greizmann.
With Graphical Representation
A THREAD
Pau Torres is a 191 cm tall, Spanish left footed CB who plays for Villarreal in LaLiga. His main traits are his ability on the ball , reading of the game & his blistering pace. He has been one of the best CBs in LaLiga this season. Let's see how he fits in #mufc :
Being a left footer he prefers to play as a left sided CB in a back 2or a back3. This will allow Maguire to move to his natural right side as he is right footed. Staying on natural side will make easy for the CBs to progress the ball forward as it provides many passing options.
When opponents press high with Harry Maguire as a LCB, he is forced to make a backward pass or a pass sideways because of his right footedness. A left footer in that position will be able to find the LB or progress the ball forward without taking many touches to attack quickly.
He is very good in the ball with pass completion rate of 85% making 59 passes per game which is very good for a CB. He completes 6.3 accurate long balls per game. He will be very helpful progressing the ball when opponents press high & provide much needed left footed option.
Moving Harry Maguire to the right will help his long passing ability & ball carrying ability come into practice more effectively. #mufc will have to CBs with excellent passing range in Torres & Maguire.
#mufc are a team that play attacking football with high defensive line meaning they are always vulnerable for counter attacks. A ball over the top to the strikers can cause a problem as current CB pairing lack that blistering pace.
PauTorres is the perfect one to provide that pace with his recorded 34.19 km/h top speed in a professional match which is higher than most of the elite attackers like Messi & Ronaldo.
Assurance of pace at the back will allow full-backs to move further forward to provide width & support to the wingers who tend to go narrow in Solksjær's system & provide a passing options for the midfilders.
He is alright in the air with 1.4 ariel wins per game & 45% Ariel succes rate. but he will be provided complements in the air by Maguire who is statistically 2nd best CB after Joel Matip in the air in Europe's top 5 leagues with 4.5 Ariel wins & 74% Ariel success rate.
Pau Torres by numbers: ( Per Game)
1 tackle won & 83% success rate
0.8 interceptions
4.4 clearances
6.3 accurate long passes
59 accurate passes & 85% pass success rate
1.4 Ariel wins & 45% success rate
0.7 blocks
34.19 km/h speed
1 tackle won & 83% success rate
0.8 interceptions
4.4 clearances
6.3 accurate long passes
59 accurate passes & 85% pass success rate
1.4 Ariel wins & 45% success rate
0.7 blocks
34.19 km/h speed
Pau Torres will complement Harry Maguire with is left foot & his blistering pace. Maguire will complement him with his physique, Ariel Dominance & right foot.
This partnership can become like Terry &Carvahalho partnership where Terry was the physical, ariel dominant but slow CB & Carvahalho would complement him with his lighting quick speed. Carvahalho also wasn't that good in the air with 1.1 Ariel wins per game & 48% success rate.
Pau Torres has £45M release clause on his contract. #mufc can easily generate that sum of money from player sales & would be a value for money addition to the squad.
Thank you very much for reading. Follow @MUSCNP for more #mufc contents. #ggmu
Have a great day ahead.
Written by : @manojnaraj
Have a great day ahead.
Written by : @manojnaraj
