Why? Watching him for Lyon, I didn't see anything great about him. Just a solid but limited DM.
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There isn't anything great, but he just about has no weakness. He's just solid all around. I think he's the type of player who will see his stock rise as he plays for better teams. Unfortunately, he waited a really long time to move away from OL.
I'll just include his rankings out of 254 CMs/CDMs
1) Tackling: #4
2) Attempted Tackles: #16
3) Tackling: #24
4) Interceptions: #27
5) Fouled: #18
6) Clearance: #28
7) Passes Blocked: #17
8) Successful Dribbles: #55
9) Unsuccessful Touches: #253
10) Dispossessed: #93
11) He hangs slightly above median in: Total passes and accurate short passes, but is ranked #249 in unsuccessful long passes, and #56 in inaccurate long passes.
12) He ranks around median in key passes, below median in shots taken, below median in assists
13) He is an indirect set piece threat
14) Ranks #43 in total aerials, and #34 in aerials won
15) He's very two footed, with his shots coming equally from his right and left
I did some analysis ranking all the CDMs with respect to statistics out of 100. Think of them as statistic-based FIFA scores.
#1: Kroos - 95
#2: Thiago - 90
#3: Modric - 89
#4: Gonalons - 89
#5: Pjanic - 88
#6: Naby Keita - 86
#7: Jonas Hector - 85
#8: Paul Pogba - 85
#9: Davide Di Gennaro - 84 (I'm not claiming it is perfect LOL)
#10: Jean Michael Seri - 84
#11: Kerem Demirbay - 84
#12: Marcelo Brozovic - 84
#13: Adrien Rabiot - 83
#14: Ander Herrera - 83
#15: Benat - 82
And just for laughing sake I will point out that the bottom 20 ranked players included:
-Barberis, De Roon, Uche, Padoin, Luis Gustavo
And they got Gonalons for 5 million.