I used to play football in my secondary school days and there is this one teammate of mine who is just another regular boy. He did not have much to say, no strong feelings about playing in any position. He seldom make any silly mistakes by trying to do fancy stuffs, or in fact he does not even try to do fancy stuffs. I did not even remember him having a great pass or making a key tackle. All he did was receive the ball, and then play it to the safest option.
Nobody said he was a bad footballer, and nobody said he was a good footballer. But he is always the player that we struggle to remember who is missing when we get on the bus. He is that insignificant.
He reminds me of Khedira, without an ugly beard.