For those that have seen him, where would he fit in here? Would be one of two sitting midfielders or is he more suitable in a CM trio? If he's in a trio, is he sitting deeper? a destroyer higher up or a playmaker? I've only see him play against us, and some short highlights that doesn't really give me any ideas. Glad to see him come, but if he is a destroyer I guess he'll do better than the rest of our CMs but our problem is that almost all of them are more or less destroyers. We need technical ability. So, does he add some flair?
Ever since we bought him, I've seen quite a few Genoa games, must be around 20 by now.
On a technical level he's ready IMO. The question would be how quickly he could adapt to Juve, it's no small feat for a 20yo kid. We like them bulked up too and Rovella is kinda thin.
Position wise you can play him as a regista in 3-man midfield (he played that when Badelj wasn't there) and as a B2B too but his output going forward is not that great. He's not an attacking CM/dribbler in the sense of a ball hog. His main strengths are: definitely above average passing - both short and long. I really like the timing of his passes. He gets it on point, unlike Bentancur who is terrible at that and very often that ends up being a giveaway to the opposition.
He's a quick mofo who can do effective turns with the ball, he's hard to dispossess (something that Arthur is apparently good at but his passing sucks).
He sees a lot and makes a lot of forward passes. It's sometimes funny to see such a young kid indicating with his hand where the ball needs to go. He does that even to the experienced players like Masiello/Behrami etc.
His teammates trust him a lot, he receives a lot of passes when Genoa is under pressure, he moves their game forward along with Badelj. BTW those two also played together in 2-man midfield a couple of times. To do it for Juve, all he's missing is most probably more muscles.
He's a set piece specialist, corners and long range FKs are dangerous when he hits those.
Defensively he's good at covering a lot of ground and makes quite a few interceptions. Tackles aren't really his thing.
If you go back a few pages you should see a few of my comments. Personally I'd prefer to keep him at Genoa until the end of the season because he's a sure starter for them.
Now, seeing that Max has already rejected Arthur and Ramsey, there's some more room for him here. It seems to me Allegri is very disappointed with both Bentancur and Rabiot and that could possibly give Rovella even more room for playing. He definitely would be useful, we have no vice-Locatelli who dictates the play without shitting in the bed, this kid could do it properly as long as he's mentally up for it.