Looks like Newcastle’s winter window signing - Bruno Guimarães - is a tackling machine looking at the data from last season in the Premier League.
Now what’s interesting about this graph? Well, it is all positions included. And that makes no sense as a comparison does it? Comparing a left-back to a target man striker is pointless. Let’s isolate, starting with forwards:
Hello Bobby! Who knew? Well, Brendan Rodgers did try him as a wing-back. Jarrod Bowen looking like a defensive work-a-holic racking up over a tackle a game, as well as a high volume of interceptions. Jota close to the elite as well - once we ignore Firmino - as is Diaz. Elanga looks like a great prospect for a pressing side based on these numbers, as does Jordan Ayew; not a sentence I ever thought I’d be typing.
What about midfielders?
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