Great piece, Andrew. Been looking a variety of stuff and was chatting in comments on Josh's most recent piece about, with the addition of Frimpong, for a very wild take, why not possibly push Salah to a false 9 and he can still stay high and be the outlet. I'm not sure Frimpong really could be a winger full stop in the Prem but given Bradley has put pen to paper and Salah will need coverage for AFCON, it's certainly an option or variation at Slot's disposal.
Thanks. Yeah, I’ve seen a few people suggest Frimpong is a Salah deputy/long term replacement rather than a new right-back. I think it’s going to be hard to know before next season, as fun as it is to speculate - who saw Grav as the 6?!
As for Salah as false nine - he’s always finished well when starting centrally but the pressures required there are about double what he’s been doing. It’s not that it can’t necessarily work but I don’t think it would get the best out of him.
Is Salah’s defensive workrate better than you thought? Not talked about enough?
It’s all relative but he seems to put his contemporaries largely in the shade.
Great piece, Andrew. Been looking a variety of stuff and was chatting in comments on Josh's most recent piece about, with the addition of Frimpong, for a very wild take, why not possibly push Salah to a false 9 and he can still stay high and be the outlet. I'm not sure Frimpong really could be a winger full stop in the Prem but given Bradley has put pen to paper and Salah will need coverage for AFCON, it's certainly an option or variation at Slot's disposal.
Thanks. Yeah, I’ve seen a few people suggest Frimpong is a Salah deputy/long term replacement rather than a new right-back. I think it’s going to be hard to know before next season, as fun as it is to speculate - who saw Grav as the 6?!
As for Salah as false nine - he’s always finished well when starting centrally but the pressures required there are about double what he’s been doing. It’s not that it can’t necessarily work but I don’t think it would get the best out of him.