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Why Manchester should sign PSV right back Denzel Dumfries? A THREAD
Denzel Dumfries is a 24 yr old balanced RB who plays for PSV Eindhoven in Eredevise and is good both offensive wise & defensively, his main strengths are:
1)Dribbling
2)Pace
3)Ariel duels
4)Injury resistant
5)Stamina
Similar Players: Ricardo Pereira, Kevin Mbabu
1)Dribbling
2)Pace
3)Ariel duels
4)Injury resistant
5)Stamina
Similar Players: Ricardo Pereira, Kevin Mbabu
Offensive playing style: He is very quick player who is very good in dribbling in the final third. He is highly creative for a RB. He makes lots of overlapping runs to support the winger.
He is not a player who crosses a lot from the side line like Trent or Telles. He instead creates chances by dribbling past players then send in a low pass from near or inside the box or by taking the ball to the byline and cutting it back. H
He creates 1.3 chances per game and completes 1.2 dribbles per game with 60% success rate. Below are the charts comparing his dribbling and chance creating stats with some of the PL RBs.
Standing at 189 cm tall, he is good in the air. He likes to attack the crosses coming from the opposite direction, sometimes these end up in goal from Dumfries. He sometimes gets goals from corners as well.
He has been involved in 5 goals (2 Goals and 3 assists) in 14 starts this season which is a pretty good number for a fullback.
Defensive style: Denzel is a very physical player and very quick as previously mentioned. He has good recovery pace. He is a good tackler and has good defensive positioning.
He is good interceptor of the ball. He just gets dribbled past 0.5 times per game and only 29% of the time when a player takes on him,which is a pretty impressive number. He wins 80% of his ground duels. He is also great in the air standing at 189cm & winning 70% of ariel duels.
Denzel is used to playing in a possession based back 4 system.PSV have averaged 56% possession this season.He is good on the ball & at playing progressive passes.He will help in progressing ball from wide areas. Below is the chart of comparing his progressive passes with PL RBs.
His market value is €15m & ManUtd should be able to get him for around €25m. He has got European experience & also captains PSV. He is injury resistant with just 10 days missed with injuries throughout his career. ManUtd should look to sign him instead of Trippier & Max Aarons.
