Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
Finally, something to work with! Italian football might suit his style of play, it's slower than The Premier League from what i have seen, especially in the final thirds, and players are afforded more time on the ball. Ampadu almost plays a specialist roll, which means that a team has to accommodate him, allow him to drop off, work the spaces between the midfield and defence, he's the 2nd defender in a defensive pairing, decent in possession, decent with time and space. Struggles (in my opinion) when the game is compressed or when the opposition play a high line, he can be guilty of ball watching and losing concentration. A good player in possession, suspect when not.
I agree with that generally, what I would say though is that he has improved a lot of the weaker aspects of his game and I shudder to think how much worse we would have been at the World Cup without him in midfield

On paper he's had one hell of a career so far, 22 and almost 100 appearances in various top flights, a World Cup & Euros campaign and he'll likely hit 50 international caps before the age of 24. I really rate him, not as highly as some contributors, but it would surprise me if he doesn't end up at a good club