Is it that surprising though? He gets bashed so much while playing as a full back. Yet what midfielders can be an effective full back and central midfielder? Partey? Kimmich ? Kante? Fabinho? It's not easy.
His first touch isn't good enough. His positioning is bad. His passing isn't good enough. He lacks concentration. All negative comments repeatedly used on this forum.
Physically. The fact is , he is faster, stronger, more agile, more athletic, more powerful, more two footed than any midfielder we have.
Skill wise. He is also one of the best stand up tacklers in the whole squad. He is a better header of the ball than our entire midfield. He is the best dribbler in our midfield, he is the ONLY midfielder other than Guendouzi on occasion who can drive with the ball. He is truly a box to box central midfielder and all of his supposed weaknesses at full back simply don't appear in his game when he plays centrally.
The only problem that I have with AMN is his attitude and he may have rectified that if he has been given a shot in midfield.
I'd take Guendouzi and AMN over Ceballos and Xhaka anyday.
You might be an even bigger AMN stan than me!
(personally, I agree)