Is Adrien Rabiot a midfielder United needs or wants – Where would he fit
What Adrien Rabiot has to offer?
Rabiot is known to be very composed on and off the ball. He currently has a 91% pass success rate in his last 17 matches played for Juventus domestically, as well as an average of 1.3 successful dribbles per match.
Naturally, a box-to-box midfielder, the Frenchman is more comfortable in a central midfield role, where he can dictate the play while carrying the ball out in deeper lying areas of the pitch and can apply his excellent dribbling ability.
At 1.88m tall, he provides an ariel threat as well as a physical presence, which is always beneficial in the Premier League, should he sign for United.
The @budlight match highlight from @juventusfcen vs @Inter!
— Relevent Sports (@releventsports) July 24, 2019
Some nice interplay here between @Cristiano and Adrien Rabiot to set up a venomous shot on target. pic.twitter.com/1UbevjpoWC
How will he fit in Manchester United Midfield?
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Manchester United’s current midfield consists mainly of, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes, Fred, Nemanja Matić and potentially, Paul Pogba.
The midfield is currently working well with, Fred, Matic and Fernandes, so should Adrien come in, the French International would need to be weaned into the team and get familiar with the speed and power of the EPL, especially now that Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay has recovered from injury.
Utilising Rabiot’s strengths would require Ole Gunnar Solskjær to potentially tweak his formation to a 4-5-1, to accommodate more midfielders by sacrificing a forward. That or move to a 4-2-1-3 formation where there can be two holding midfielders with Fernandes in the number 10 role.