Do they play similar positions then? I haven't really seen either, just youtube.
William Carvalho is one of the most solid and consistent defensive midfielders I've ever seen. He will grow into a world class player for sure and he's been progressing into more of a box-to-box type as well. What he does though is allow any of the other center midfielders he plays with to be released of their defensive responsibilities and worry about the attack which is wonderful to have.
Markovic is an attacking midfielder on the other hand. In a 4-3-3/4-3-2-1, he would be the furthest of the three center mids up the field. As said before he's similar to Coutinho - IMO he doesn't have the same vision as we've seen from Cou but overall I think he's got the potential to be an even better player. More complete overall, not strong, but can hold his own, he's quick and very talented on the ball, he's got a shot on him, and he can pass well.
He is not a box-to-box man at all. Not from what I've seen. Hasn't shown any ability to defend up to this point in his career.
He's got a lot of potential to be a great player eventually, but at his age and level I honestly don't think he'd be an improvement on what we have (Sterling and Coutinho). Especially if we've gotten Lallana now, he's very similar to all of them.
Wish we'd have just combined the 20m from him and the 25m from Lallana and gone with a Di Maria or another world class attacking midfielder. Just my opinion though.
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