serghei
Senior Member
I agree. I think PL suits him, because in England the role-players and rigid systems are still very much in use. And Deulofeu is very good as a role player. He has 3 things that go well for him. He has speed, quick feet (dribbling basically) and he's a pretty good crosser. If you have these 3 things, in England you would be a very good no7, in the mold of Ashley Young or Aaron Lennon for example. The usual way a winger in England gets an assist is by way of a cross. Standard way of playing in EPL, you win space for yourself in the wing in order execute a cross, usually to a CF wrestling with defenders inside the box (Berbatov for Lennon, Lukaku for Deulofeu, Agbonlahor for Young).
The role player execute tasks. Does not think outside of what he is instructed to do. Usually, a player like Neymar, Messi, Suarez etc., will act based on circumstances of play more often than not. Sometimes they will cross, sometimes they will make a through ball, sometimes a dribble, a one-two etc based on what their talent and their game-intelligence tells them in that specific and circumstantial moment. Sometimes, given the same situations, they might make totally different decisions. Role players won't do that, because it's not their job to think on an individual level. They will impose the course of action in a mechanical way (by not taking other things in consideration), thus resulting in a limitation, partly because of the tactic, partly because of the player.
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