CORNERFLICK
Nation
SW
Club
FC
League
27
Age
MF
Position
0
Caps
0
Int'l goals
Sheffield Wednesday
Club
FA Cup
League
TUN
National team
// the read
The shape of him
Midfield is where the game is won or lost — set the tempo, win it back, pick the pass. The profile below is the positional read; the rest is written in the matches.
// the equation
vision × engine × control of the tempo
the half-spacesbetween the linesthe middle third
// the x-factor
The job
The engine of the side.
Dictate the rhythm, screen the back four, and turn defence into attack in one touch. World Cups are decided in the middle third.
27Years old
MidfielderRole
// the closing word
Yan Valery.Tunisia · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
TUNMidfielderSheffield Wednesday