Wijnaldum's positions and game numbers for Newcastle.
AM - 14 games
CM - 4 games
RM - 18 games
LM - 2 games
Technically Crouchie is right but we don't know the reasoning behind it all.
Those were the numbers I was basing my point on. Only 4 games as a CM - is the only meaningfully different position to the normal position he played. In this case playing on the left right or centre is not really a different position as he never played the wide positions as a winger - he was an attacking midfielder who is two footed so moved around. (Not to say playing wide is never different position - just wasn't for Wijnaldum)
Take Lallana - he played wide sometimes in his first year here, but he wasn't really playing a different position - it was the same role on the right or left side of the pitch. Now he is playing a different position in the Central Midfield, as his duties and responsibilities have changed.
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