I believe all of us watched Enzo Fernandez’s newest objective for his nation with mouths vast open Tuesday evening, what a screamer it was.
We’ve received Enzo within the center! 🇦🇷🎶
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He was unimaginable for Argentina, granted in opposition to a horrible opposition. However he has been persistently and quietly doing this for Chelsea within the majority of the video games he has performed for us already. Enzo is the whole midfielder, and there has by no means been a doubt for me.
As I stated after we signed him, £100m would possibly quickly find yourself trying like a discount if you see how a lot is being touted for the likes of Jude Bellingham.
He’s all the time had objectives in his locker, he’s all the time been an outstanding finisher given the prospect.
The ‘problem’ is although, as a defensive midfielder, or a six, he has largely been fairly restricted when it comes to with the ability to get into objective scoring positions.
At Benfica he scored 4 objectives in 29 appearances. But it surely was at River Plate the place he notched up 12 objectives in 51 appearances, and as a quantity six, that’s spectacular stuff.
While his beginning place must be as a six, I do suppose that we additionally have to get him additional up the pitch throughout out assaults, purely as a result of he has this lethal fringe of the field presence and he can arrive in excellent timing, simply as he did for Argentina final evening.
We have to put a extra defensive-minded participant subsequent to him, and even behind him. I do suppose Enzo will also be an excellent eight. However actually, if we need to get the very best out of him and use his finest property, then we additionally want him deep in possession and from construct up, as a result of he has that nearly excellent potential to pick an extended cross and nice imaginative and prescient from deep.
I do suppose N’Golo Kante coming again in may assist unlock Enzo and permit him extra freedom to affix assaults, however Kante might want to keep disciplined. We all know that he additionally likes to roam and hunt for the ball, so he must decide and select when he does this and type a partnership with Enzo so that they know when one sticks, the opposite goes, and vice versa.
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However that is additionally one of many primary causes that I’m campaigning for the necessity to signal a real defensive midfielder, one who is aware of the function inside and outside and is that excellent profile of a destroyer and a ball-winner.
This can give Enzo full freedom, figuring out he has that profile behind him so he can go and work his magic in additional superior areas. The extra you get Enzo on the ball, the extra possibilities you’ll create as a knock-on impact.
