His stats for the last couple of years don't have that much attacking output, but he makes a lot of tackles
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His stats for the last couple of years don't have that much attacking output, but he makes a lot of tackles
You've done a good job in summing up the doubts I've always had about this rumour there Jon. Holtby's early career marked him out as something special, but it was on a downward trajectory when he scored for Fulham (who were just about the worst side I saw us play in 13/14) in their Premier League defeat here in March 2014 and it has, if anything, got steeper since then - take away all that early publicity and our pursuance of him would look very odd given his age and the wages he'd be likely to cost us.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/41...w/Lewis-Holtby
https://www.transfermarkt.com/lewis-.../spieler/55508
Seems to still be playing as an attacking midfielder, but not outstanding in that respect with 5 goals and 6 assists (although by no means awful) .
Interesting though that he had one of the highest number of tackles in the league