OM’s winter transfer window is active despite the club’s financial problems. If Pablo Longoria succeeds in validating the deal with Napoli Pour Milik, OM will have a striker of another caliber. The opportunity to offer a game more turned towards the attack?
For now, OM have loaned Pol Lirola (Fiorentina) and loaned Kevin Strootman (Genoa). The next moves could be the transfer of Morgan Sanson to Aston Villa for an amount valued at € 17m, and the arrival of Arek Milik. However, several details and disagreements still exist between Napoli and their Polish striker. However, if these two deals are confirmed, OM could change face …
André Villas-Boas is a pragmatic trainer. If the latter often refers to Marcelo Bielsa or Pep Guardiola in terms of playing philosophy, since his departure from Porto and his failures in the Premier League, he has shifted towards a goal of advantage based on the results. His OM offered an interesting vertical game during the first part of the 2019/2020 season, but since January 2020, the coach has moved to a much more cautious game, more focused on defense and against. Qualifying in the Champions League did not help anything, AVB even said last summer after a friendly match against Bayern:
the defensive aspect, discipline
“It was good on the defensive aspect, discipline, team communication, the will against an opponent who is already ready for the Champions League as you know. On this aspect, I’m quite happy (…) Anyway, I thank the guys, they were good, on the placement and with cohesion. During the match, we missed our two best chances with the counterattacks we had. It is true that Bayern had possession of the ball but not too lucky too. We are happy. ” André Villas-Boas – source : FootMercato (30/07/2020)
Lirola offensive side, Milik attacking complete …
What if the Olympian coach decided to change this cautious game which earned him a catastrophic Champions League campaign? The arrival of Pol Lirola, right side much more offensive than Sakai is a sign that goes in this direction. The Spaniard is a more attacking player than a defender as he explained during his introductory press conference. If in addition, OM manages to afford the services of Milik, the game could be more forward. The Polish center forward is going to need balls, crosses that full-backs Amavi (when he recovers from his calf injury) and Lirola can give. What about the Payet and Thauvin cases? Will the two players still be aligned with Milik or will the manager attempt a two-headed attack with Benedetto? New offensive solutions that suggest an evolution of the Olympian game …
