Player Review
82 - Squad Foundations
So back in November - December when I just got the game I was running these teams with cheap beasts like promes. That meant when Gravenberch, Van Bergen and Baumgartl came out I had to do them. A couple months on and I now have a 3 million coin team and I still use him! As the commentators say he is like a piece of furniture at the club - performs week in week out. He can play as a cdm, a cm or even a cam or cb he is that good. His stats are comparable to the likes of Viera and Gullit and for ) coins he is by far the player with the most worth in my club. Not only that but there are great options like Klaiber, Robben, Van Bergen and Promes to get him into your team. I personally played him as a cdm in a 4231 and an anchor. With the tiny bit of additional pace, the extra physical and defending all the stats at face value on his card are over 80 nad his strength is boosted to 92! He is honestly the perfect cdm because of his physicals, height and agility. If he was tradeable and in the prem he wuld be worth more than kante and pogba!!!
Pace - 83 - Very quick for such a big physical presence and can more often than not track down a man on the ball.
Shooting - 83 - Obviously as a cdm he didn't shoot much from open play, but he scores the chances you expect him to score and can even surprise you if you occasionally let loose from 40 yards.
Passing - 82 - Well rounded passing stats for a central player and his short and long passing were good enough to make him top assister in my club!
Dribbling - 84 - For a 6 foot 3 player to have 87 agility is criminal. If he's playing cm with an engine he can slip in and out of gaps and pair that with his physical ability it's almost impossible to knock him off the ball
Defending - 75 - Obviously as a cdm he might need the help of a shadow, but the main stat here is his 81 heading accuracy. Pair that with his good physicals and his 6 foot 3 frame you've got yourself a corner scoring machine.
Physicals - 78 - Good stamina, strength, jumping and his aggression is passable. Personally I played him with an anchor and that turned him into a brick wall!!!
Obviously for new players that missed Robben and Klaiber he might be a but more difficult to fit in, but there is still Van Bergen, IF koopmeiners and promes!!
Maybe you can't be bothered to complete him but I promise you he is worth every second of your time.
I guess his 3 start 3 star but I never noticed it.