Manuel Locatelli - DM - Sassuolo (11 Viewers)

[Bjerknes]

No. More in the style of Thiago Alcantara

Except not as good, of course.

I'm fine with brigning in Locatelli for a decent price. He's not amazing by any means, but he's looked better than Bentancur recently. But I also agree we desperately need an SMS-like player with some creativity. We simply don't have anything further up in midfield to create; Ramsey sucks and Mckennie should be used as a b-to-b getting into the box for some goals.

 

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[il brutto]

To be honest I haven't watched him too much, is a he Busquets type of player?

There are definitely some similarities, another decent comparison would be Thiago Motta.

 

[juve123]

Juventus are pushing to sign Manuel Locatelli. Man City are not even close — they are just scouting him only. (Romano)

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Except not as good, of course.

I'm fine with brigning in Locatelli for a decent price. He's not amazing by any means, but he's looked better than Bentancur recently. But I also agree we desperately need an SMS-like player with some creativity. We simply don't have anything further up in midfield to create; Ramsey sucks and Mckennie should be used as a b-to-b getting into the box for some goals.

Agreed.

Locatelli is a very good player, like a much smarter and a bit more mobile version of Bentancur imo. He won’t be enough on his own though. Need an all action B2B CM to complement him in the midfield.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

What do we do with Arthur if we get this guy

 

[Enron]

Push under the couch cushions

 

[il brutto]

Agreed.

Locatelli is a very good player, like a much smarter and a bit more mobile version of Bentancur imo. He won’t be enough on his own though. Need an all action B2B CM to complement him in the midfield.

He's calmer on the ball and has a better passing range but I don't think he's more mobile than Bentancur.

 

[X Æ A-12]

What do we do with Arthur if we get this guy

I assume Locatelli takes over deepest lying midfielder and Arthur plays LCM. Then again its hard to know what to expect of next season.

We will probably spend another summer cobbling together random available players, no cohesive plan in mind, and leave it to a coach with barely any experience to put it all together

 

[Osman]

No. More in the style of Thiago Alcantara

What? He is nothing like Thiago in duties and skillset on the pitch.

Unless you mean Thiago Motta.


Thiago is basically 8.5 or a nr 10 type, super creative attacking playmaker, technical wizz that makes your team tick, he played AM for bayern...

Locatelli is a smart holding DM, with decent passing feet and covers defensive duties adequately. More orchestrator then a defensive destroyer type of DM, but still not a true pure playmaker like a Thiago, more of all around skillset that keeps things balanced.

 

[X Æ A-12]

What? He is nothing like Thiago in duties and skillset on the pitch.

Unless you mean Thiago Motta.


Thiago is basically 8.5 or a nr 10 type, super creative attacking playmaker, technical wizz that makes your team tick, he played AM for bayern...

Locatelli is a smart holding DM, with decent passing feet and covers defensive duties adequately. More orchestrator then a defensive destroyer type of DM, but still not a true pure playmaker like a Thiago, more of all around skillset that keeps things balanced.

Does he pass forward or only sideways?

 

[ilmetronome]

Does he pass forward or only sideways?

Last season data
Compiled by @martonballa1 on twitter
Data from whyscout

 

[Post Ironic]

Those make him look like a complete beast.

 

[Stevie]

Looking forward to watching him against the scum this weekend

 

[Arcticdaly]

Those make him look like a complete beast.

When Sass has a better midfield than Juve

 

[Post Ironic]

When Sass has a better midfield than Juve

Ronaldo should have gone to Sassuolo. UCL champion 2021 would have happened there.

 

[Arcticdaly]

Ronaldo should have gone to Sassuolo. UCL champion 2021 would have happened there.

Think Ronaldo would trade that UCl title for the valuable lessons he is learning from the THESIS, once in a lifetime experience.

 

[Gigiventus]

What? He is nothing like Thiago in duties and skillset on the pitch.

Unless you mean Thiago Motta.


Thiago is basically 8.5 or a nr 10 type, super creative attacking playmaker, technical wizz that makes your team tick, he played AM for bayern...

Locatelli is a smart holding DM, with decent passing feet and covers defensive duties adequately. More orchestrator then a defensive destroyer type of DM, but still not a true pure playmaker like a Thiago, more of all around skillset that keeps things balanced.

Thiago is not a 10, nor does he play AM for Bayern. Thiago played in the double pivot of a 4-2-3-1 for Flick. Thomas Muller plays the "AM" role. When Muller is not playing the 10 but playing more on the wing, Goretzka plays the 10. The season before last, when Muller wasn't occupying the AM slot, James was playing it. Thiago plays further back. In fact, Thiago's tackling is one of the highlights of his skillsets, he is a complete player and plays in the center of the pitch.

Also at Liverpool, Thiago plays further back than 1 or 2 of the other midfield 3. Never AM.

Neither Thiago, nor Locatelli, are DMs, or AMs. They are central midfielders, or simply midfielders, as to attach a specialty detracts from the normal midfield role for many players like these ones. Bayern and Sassuolo play the same formation, and Thiago and Locatelli play the same role in it.

Magnanelli and Obiang have more of a defensive midfield profile in Sassuolo.

 

[Dostoevsky]

What do we do with Arthur if we get this guy

I don't like the idea of having both of them starting and I doubt we can sell Arthur.

 

[Xperd]

I assume Locatelli takes over deepest lying midfielder and Arthur plays LCM. Then again its hard to know what to expect of next season.

We will probably spend another summer cobbling together random available players, no cohesive plan in mind, and leave it to a coach with barely any experience to put it all together

Arthur should be playing further forward anyway. He's a defensive liability at regista.

 

[Gigiventus]

About Thiago being an AM, or Locatelli being a DM. To show with stats

See the clear difference in profile with proper attacking midfielders like Eriksen (in Spurs) and Bruno fernandes.

Thiago's numbers are better than Locatelli's but the profile is similar of the first two players, and the last two. The AMs completely slack in defense, make 30 passes less per game, but create twice as many chances and many more assists.