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Stats prove Arsenal have best ‘defensive midfielder' in Europe, but it's not Coquelin

We've regularly been criticised for our frailty in midfield, but Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla's newly formed partnership has changed all that. Stats from CIES Football Observatory actually suggest that the Spaniard is the best 'defensive midfielder' in Europe, with his numbers eclipsing some of the world's top players. The Football Observatory takes a range of things into account, combining a massive amount of date and calculating the best players in each position. The numbers in this case are a little misleading, as they've put a huge number of players under the bracket of 'defensive midfielders' when they really shouldn't be. Players like Cazorla, Marco Verratti, Miralem Pjanic,...
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