Weaknesses and Strengths Statistics of Malang Sarr, Chelsea’s Newest Recruit

DBasia.news – Chelsea is very active in the transfer market this summer. In addition to bringing in offensive players such as Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech – as well as the potential arrival of Kai Havertz, the Blues are also focused on fixing the defense line.

Three players on defense came to Stamford Bridge from Ben Chilwell, Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva. Chilwell was signed from Leicester City for £ 50 million and a five-year contract, while Sarr and Silva came free.

Sarr’s contract ended with Nice and Silva with PSG (Paris Saint-Germain). Of the three names Malang Sarr is perhaps the most intriguing of the public, because the 21-year-old center-back is not as popular as Chilwell and Silva.

Chelsea management’s decision to strengthen the back line is not wrong. Last season Chelsea conceded 54 goals and were the worst among the top teams in the Premier League. Frank Lampard does not want the same thing to happen again this season.

Chilwell plays as a left back who can play more consistently defensively and offensively than Marcos Alonso or Emerson Palmieri. Silva puts experience and quality at the heart of defense.

Meanwhile, regarding Sarr, Chelsea allegedly wants to secure long-term prospects considering that he is only 21 years old. Apart from being able to play as a center back Sarr can also play as a left back.

Malang Sarr is still young but he is quite experienced. From the record Whoscored Sarr has become one of the most performers for players aged 21 years under him in the top five European leagues from 2016-2017. Sarr is in fourth place with 102 matches behind Kai Havert (118 games), Kylian Mbappe (106 games), and Christian Pulisic (106 games).

Advantages

The experience previously described is one of Sarr’s strengths. In addition, the player who was born in Nice, January 23, 1999 also has the speed to keep up with the agile attackers.

Sarr has a record of two interceptions (cutting the opponent’s ball) per 90 minutes in each of his four matches in Ligue 1 last season. His fast game is balanced with his ability to build attacks from behind.

Like central defenders in the era of modern football, Sarr also has the ability to build attacks from behind. His passing accuracy last season was 90.4 percent and in the 2016-2017 season he recorded 89.8 percent. Plus Sarr is also good at reading games.

Deficiency

There is no ivory that is not cracked. Malang Sarr too. He is not the tallest defender and often struggles when it comes to aerial duels with opponents. It can be seen from the defeat of aerial ball duels (19 times) rather than winning them (14 times) from 19 matches last season.

Inconsistency is also still a part of Malang Sarr’s game, who appeared 23 times as a starter in 88 matches in Ligue 1. No doubt it makes sense that Chelsea want to loan the French defender to another club to increase his flying hours.

Malang Sarr can be like his compatriot at Chelsea, Kurt Zouma who was recruited by Chelsea from AS Saint-Etienne in 2014 and was loaned three times to Saint-Etienne, Stoket City and Everton.