Some good info on Ederson this season below. Form did drop slightly with a new manager which is why he’s having a summer off but still very impressive numbers in the midfield department;
“Ederson has the mobility to cover all the ground expected out of possession and, on the ball, he has the technique and nous to dribble or pass around or through massed midfield ranks. Which is just what Carrick needs from both of his deeper midfielders. For years, United have relied on a double pivot of supposed specialists, the theory being that one complements the other, but too often that approach left their engine room imbalanced. Especially when midfielders like Fred and Scott McTominay were mis-profiled; Casemiro was enduring the slump before his renaissance; and Manuel Ugarte was anywhere near a red shirt.
The clamour around Ederson was ratcheted up a few notches after his display against Liverpool in the Europa League semi-final in 2024. In both legs, the then-24-year-old was everywhere to disrupt Jurgen Klopp’s Reds at Anfield before doing the same again back in Bergamo while dictating the Italians’ play too.
Football data specialists Gradient Sports judge Ederson to have the third-highest athleticism grade (99.2) among central midfielders in Europe’s top five leagues who played at least half of their club’s minutes, with only Bournemouth’s Alex Scott the only Premier League player in the top 10.
Ederson was also beaten by only Bernardo Silva and Florentino Luis among Premier League midfielders for distance covered per 90, while no central midfielder in all of the top five leagues covered more distance in sprints (8.98km), with Rice second.
In winning the ball and passing it – the two most fundamental traits of a midfielder – Ederson has been well above the average in Serie A despite lacking the relentless consistency he showed under Gasperini”.
Obviously its all just words at this stage but for £35m in this market he could turn out to be a steal.
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