CaseUteinberger
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Country: Sweden
Sorry, but have to disagree. If he is the central offensive midfielder of a given formation then he should be a main central attacking threat. If he drifts deep or to the side it will leave the middle empty as we are playing two holding / deep midfielders. What ends up happening is that Laca then drops deeper and he then plays where Özil should have been.Yes that`s true. The point though is that he often finds himself in situations where he gets the ball very deep(because the other midfielders are deep) and has no movement in front of him centrally. So he passes to wide areas where we have players in space and then moves towards the player to provide him a passing option. When he is in the midfield, there is nobody playing close to Özil. Its not really an excuse for some of his poor performances but our setup does make it difficult for him to get assists/goals.
Anyhow, I agree that we need to upgrade our midfield, but when we do it should include upgrading on Özil.
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