Okay, so maybe I overreacted a little in the title. That doesn’t take away from his achievements and value. The German attacker signed for Bor. Dortmund at the beginning on the season – and possibly had the best first season a footballer could have.
He is mostly played by Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp just behind Polish striker Robert Lewandowski. He is often used to link with the likes of Ilkay Gundogan and Lewandowski with his quick one-twos and speedy runs.
Since he is technically not a striker nor is he a playmaker, it is very, very difficult to compare him with statistics to other candidates. He has scored 19 goals in his first season in all club competitions.
Reus won the prestigious ‘German Player of the Year’ award for Borussia Monchengladbach last season yet still decided to join the reigning champions of the time Dortmund.
“I’ve made the decision to take the next step forward in the coming season. I’d like to play for a club who can challenge for the league title and guarantee me Champions League football. I see this chance in Dortmund.”
This has been confirmed true as Dortmund made it all the way to the final of the Champions League and were unlucky to lose out in the final to local rivals Bayern Munich.
I think Chelsea should sign him at any price – really. He’s a tremendous footballer who will fit in with any squad, especially ours. A definite must-buy. His link-up play in combination with a deadly poacher’s instinct makes him a very versatile and useful player.
At Chelsea last season, we played a 4231 formation. We had a double-pivot and three attacking midfielders of which two of them often drifted into the wing to play more as wide midfielder. This is how I am going to label the positions:
PIVOT:
DM (Limited midfielder role mostly played by John Obi Mikel this season.),
CM (Box-to-box midfielder who also acted as a deep-lying playmaker, mostly played by Ramires/Lampard).
ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS:
LAM: (Left sided attacking midfielder/wide midfielder role mostly filled by Eden Hazard)
CAM: (No. 10 position if you must, main playmaker, mostly played by Juan Mata)
RAM: (Right sided attacking midfielder/wide midfielder role taken up mostly be Oscar/Victor Moses)
I firmly believe, for Chelsea, Reus can play in any 4 attacking positions (LAM, RAM, CAM, ST) with ease. The style of football he plays will bring many aesthetic benefits to our game and I really hope new manager Jose Mourinho makes a serious attempt to sign him this summer.
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Posted by Hassen Moorad, @ChelseaZealot on twitter. Have mercy with the hate mail.
