There are several terms for the player in the deepest midfield role. The defensive midfielder. The holding midfielder. The sitting midfielder. The anchorman. They all convey roughly the same kind of ...

The concept of a full-back drifting into central midfield positions still seems relatively novel. Yet it’s now over a decade since Pep Guardiola started doing it at Bayern Munich, taking advantage of ...

Manchester City midfielder Rodri was at the Sanchez-Pizjuan last night for Jesus Navas' farewell. Rodri played with the former City midfielder for club and country. He said before the farewell ...

Before diving into Player Roles, it's important to note that players have four levels of familiarity with each Role in their position. For example, Liverpool's Mo Salah has Inside Forward++ at Right ...