After a fantastic year at Roma, Manchester United have asked for around £18m, which Roma have seemingly been unwilling to match, though a recent takeover could change things. This riskiness, however, has paid dividends with him averaging 0.58 through passes per 90. This time the front runners sit in the bottom left as these are negative metrics, so the fewer the better. ‘Some talk about maybe some nervousness in his passing, I wouldn’t have thought he’d played in the middle of a three on too many occasions. I mean we made huge mistakes with players last time but this is the premier league the step up in class is massive and if we want to stay in the league it’s going to cost us 70 80 Million in players anyway. Follow Metro Sport across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. But the early-season optimism and excitement is dampened by a depressing realisation – Fulham will be facing Premier League attacks with a Championship defence. The first victim of the graph is Jansson. Each of the defenders have played over 900 minutes of Championship football this season and only domestic league matches have been included. Since starting Fulhamish in 2016 our costs have increased quite substantially. Mawson and Jansson lead the way, with Cooper, van der Hoorn and Hector posting great numbers in some aspects, but having flaws identified in others. In 2018/19, we were demolished. respectively, van der Hoorn is not as reliable as many of his peers when it comes to the actual defending. This has been tested to separate the defenders with high accuracy percentages into those who play forward progressively, and those who take the safe option. Well, that’s all for now on the defence. The Dutchman’s. Click here to see how Kicker ranked the Bundesliga's centre-backs after the first half of the 2019/20 season. The standout centre-backs in this chart is the Blackburn pairing of Darragh Lenihan and Tosin Adarabioyo who average, forward passes per 90 respectively. Referring back through the previous tests, van der Hoorn has never been below the passing averages set, however, the Swansea centre-back’s weaknesses become apparent in chart one. Kicker's summer rankings at other positions: Goalkeepers Full-backs Defensive midfielders Attacking midfielders Wingers Strikers(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Best Bundesliga centre-backs of 2020 so far, Loris Karius reportedly on the verge of joining Union Berlin, Lucien Favre: 'It's difficult to accept this defeat', Ademola Lookman set to join Fulham on loan from RB Leipzig, Maxence Lacroix and Josip Brekalo doubtful for Wolfsburg's game against Freiburg, Schalke-Bremen "crisis-summit" to take place before empty stands, Stuttgart demolish Mainz, plunge Pfälzer deeper into chaos, Bayer Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz expecting Kevin Volland and Kai Havertz to leave, Toni Kroos reveals he no longer gets a call from Joachim Löw when he's in the Germany squad, Best defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga of 2020 so far, Best attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga of 2020 so far, Filip Kostic to be out for 'several weeks', Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz praises 'very complete' Santiago Arias, Milot Rashica ruled out of Werder Bremen's clash with Schalke 04, Marcel Sabitzer remains sidelined for RB Lepizig, Hertha boss confirms interest in Mario Götze. Jansson leads the way with just. An interesting quirk is the stark difference in averages between Terrance Kongolo and his defensive partners. We’ll always publish well written articles about Fulham – and I think this is a good one. This explains Fulham’s tactical approach to cut down the number of passes played by Kongolo as he has a tendency to be wasteful in possession, which is not in line with the style looking to be achieved at Craven Cottage. The Swede has fallen below the average of passes played forward, down to 16.31, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it just indicates a safety element to Jansson’s passing game. The final test is one of the most important, and one that if players are not strong, their careers will not last long in the Premier League. For now, it remains to be seen if the club can prove the doubters wrong in the coming weeks and address our defensive gaps before it is too late. Spanish outlet Sport claim that the Lilywhites have tabled an offer for Barcelona’s Jean-Clair Todibo. From the graph, Jake Cooper clearly fits that description. So, we move onto the defenders. So now we’ve looked at how each centre-back has performed from a defensive viewpoint with Cooper leading the way, it’s time to see how they shape up with the ball at their feet.