From playmaking midfielders to the most dominant forwards, we’ve seen them all. The current season of the Premier League has offered more than what we have expected, most importantly, a stampede of new signings that have flourished not only for their teams but also for their own individual accords. The most important job on the pitch? You may think of the goalscorers and the defenders who are the gears that propel in both the front and the back of the pitch.
However, there is something more to the build-up of modern football. These powerful, quick and agile deep-lying playmakers, who are known to deny waves of attacks put forward by the opposition, and also offer the offence an avalanche of opportunities. From the legends like Claude Makelele and Patrick Vieira to the most recent ones in the form of N’golo Kante and Sergio Busquets, the defensive midfield is a position that has always proven to be an important element in a football team, being both, the playmakers and the day-savers, these ‘tanks’, as we like to call them, are more than just an addition to their current teams.
This season, the Premier League has given us some of the most prominent and consistent defensive-midfielders, who are known to strike fear in the hearts of the opposition with an intimidating and contemplating style of holding-football. Five of these maestros have proven to be the reason for the ongoing success enjoyed by their teams.
Most people here would feel that his fellow teammate N’golo Kante is a better, more aggressive holding-midfielder in the squad. However, the last four games that Chelsea have played saw a transition in which the two midfielders function. N’golo Kante now plays as a box-to-box midfielder or as a central playmaker, occasionally doing the defending for his team. The credit goes to this former Napoli menace, as he has relieved the Frenchman from his defensive midfielder duties, playing the role of a ‘Regista’ or a deep-lying playmaker under the realm of Maurizio Sarri.
A versatile and intelligent playmaker, Jorginho has denied some of the most aggressive attacks compensated by the top teams this season. He is the reason why the Stamford Bridge remains all calm and enjoys the victories that have been there.
Sarri’s £57m gamble has been a success, as the blues now look forward to a long season up ahead, filled with surprise and victories, as Jorginho is here to stay.