It's been a long standing rumour this one I think.
He's a work in progress but he does have some good traits.
- He uses his body well to fend off opponents, he's strong too
- Usually spins and goes forward with the ball rather than taking the safe option and playing it back
- Fairly quick and agile once his legs get going.
- Quite skillful
- A strong runner with the ball (very Yaya esque)
- Decent short passer
- Seems like an alert type of player, proactive rather than reactive
Negs:
- Sometimes does skill when it's unnecessary
- No idea what his pressing is like
- Barely ever scores
- Not sure how reliable he would be as our sole holding player, his runs tend to leave him out of that position. It works at Inter because they either use 2 DM's or have another defensive minded player in a mid 3 with him at the side. He'd be an option in one of the spots on either side of Hendo.
- Questionable long range passing
I'm going to address the positives you posted:
- He uses his body well to fend off opponents, he's strong too -
Ok, strong, good as momo sissoko- Usually spins and goes forward with the ball rather than taking the safe option and playing it back -
he loses possession quite often, and isn't as tidy- Fairly quick and agile once his legs get going.
he is actually lethargic and not as quick as he seems, just strong physically - Quite skillful
not really, his dribbling isn't that great, his first touch isn't that great either and gets dispossessed easily when he tries to dribble - A strong runner with the ball (very Yaya esque)
This is where I have to disagree big time, he has no ability what so ever to carry the ball forward, he actually just passes it along rather than runs directly into space ala Yaya Toure, actually Kondogbia is a very average in this regard - Decent short passer -
Ok, agree - Seems like an alert type of player, proactive rather than reactive
yes he is, very similar to momo sissoko The positives is that he is another version of Momo sissoko, brain dead with average/decent technical ability but physically great and presses the ball well.
My opinion is based on watching a few inter games & because I live in Italy and I know that the Inter fan base has a divided opinion about him (some think he is really good others think he is a load of tosh).
I think he is just average/decent player who could be a good squad player, but he isn't any better than we have at the moment and we should be going for a far superior midfielder like Mahmoud Dahoud, who is just phenomenal.
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