The man was an out and out trickster winger who thrived on providing the dribble and getting into positions to provide assists. And despite that play style, he still managed about 125 goals in 400 games (which includes a period of about 60 odd games in his last 3 season when he was completely past his best as he had lost his pace and acceleration, where he scored like 15ish goals)… and the thing that I remember the most about him was, if it was a 1v1 or one which you felt he really ought to score, he almost certainly did.
If we had consistent scorers in the attacking midfield in the likes of Robben and Ribéry from the past… we’d be 7-0 up by now.
Seeing Ribery and consistent scorer in the same sentence 😭
The man was an out and out trickster winger who thrived on providing the dribble and getting into positions to provide assists. And despite that play style, he still managed about 125 goals in 400 games (which includes a period of about 60 odd games in his last 3 season when he was completely past his best as he had lost his pace and acceleration, where he scored like 15ish goals)… and the thing that I remember the most about him was, if it was a 1v1 or one which you felt he really ought to score, he almost certainly did.