Most footballers, particularly in Europe's top leagues such as the English Premier League, use any downtime to improve their performance. The 2022 FIFA World Cup provided most footballers with ample opportunity to improve their performance.
Most English Premier League players have improved their creativity since the league's relaunch. Kieran Trippier has created the most chances in the English Premier League following the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In the Premier League, the Newcastle United goalkeeper has created 25 chances.
After the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Bruno Fernandes is the second most dangerous player in the English Premier League. Since the start of the EPL, the Manchester United attacking midfielder has created 17 chances. After the 2022 FIFA World Cup, he had three assists in the English Premier League. He had one assist in their 3-2 loss to Arsenal in Week 21 of the English Premier League.
After the start of the Premier League, Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne have each created 16 chances for Manchester City. After the 2022 FIFA World Cup, they each had two assists in the English Premier League.
Following the 2022 FIFA World Cup, these are the top five footballers in the English Premier League with the most chances created.
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Chelsea can avenge De Bruyne's mistake with Enzo Fernandez
The Chelsea transfer saga of Benfica's Enzo Fernandez dominated the early stages of the current January transfer window before the deal suffered a serious bump in the road.
The Premier League giants have been relentlessly involved in the massive transfer activity that has seen Todd Boehly part ways with £404m since taking over as owner last year, and further spending is happening as scheduled before the winter transfer window closes.
And although he failed in his bid to sign Fernandez earlier this month, Portuguese newspaper Record (via famed Chelsea writer Simon Phillips) reports that the club are preparing a deal. fierce second battle to get his signature, with Benfica demanding to pay his £105m release fee. prepay.
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have indeed made an official €85m (£77m) offer, and given Boehly's wealth to date, going the extra mile to tie him down Baby fairy can go very far.
De Bruyne reincarnated
When Fernandez appeared on stage at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the football world took notice.
Earning the Best Young Player award en route to triumphantly clinching the trophy with Argentina, the 22-year-old is now set for a career laden in silverware after cementing a sturdy foundation, with Sofascore recording his performances for his nation at an impressive 7.11, where he scored a goal and an assist, averaged 1.1 shots and 0.9 key passes per game, completed 88% of his passes and averaged 3.1 tackles each occasion.
It is the comprehensive, all-embracing skill set of the Argentine that has left some of the globe's most prominent outfits desperate to clinch his services, and at Chelsea, he could blossom into one of the leading deep-lying playmakers across the whole gamut of talent worldwide.
Since signing for Benfica from his homeland, the gem has made 28 appearances, scoring four goals and seven assists – with two contributions coming against Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus in the Champions League.
And as per FBref, the £48.5m-rated “game-changer” – as hailed by Roy Nemer – ranks among the top 4% of midfielders in Men's 'Next 8 best' divisions for rate of assists, the top 3% for shot-creating actions, and the top 1% for progressive passes and attempted passes – illustrating a creative genius that the vast majority of his positional peers can only dream of emulating.
Such ball-playing prowess is reminiscent of Manchester City's consummate star Kevin De Bruyne, who is one of the best players in any position across world football. Having made 333 appearances for Cityzens since arriving from VFL Wolfsburg for £55m in 2015, De Bruyne has scored 89 goals and provided 138 assists, a real machine running on good oil. most, acting as a smooth running engine and threatening Pep Guardiola. .
And with the highest ranking in the top 1% of midfielders in Europe's top 5 leagues in terms of goalscoring rate, assists rate and shot-hits, among other metrics, super position. His rank is unmistakable.
And indeed, with similarities with Benfica's Fernandez, Chelsea must now make the necessary moves to bring the promising striker to Stamford Bridge.
With all that in mind, there's no good reason why his debut on the big European stage wouldn't have been in a Chelsea shirt, with the 1.5m-tall technician's excellent ball control. 10in, he could be the common thread to weave Chelsea.
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