Thursday, March 28, 2024

Report Card: Santi Cazorla

Santi Cazorla Report Card 2016

  • Age: 31
  • Position: Centre Attacking Midfielder
  • Squad #: 19
  • Height: 5ft 6in

Season Prediction:

Every year he gets older, every year he gets a little bit better. Cazorla has been one of the most underrated players Arsenal have had these past few seasons, and he’ll want to bounce back from that long-term injury he suffered last season. It’s going to be a season where Cazorla will have to produce some of his best football to stay in the side, and ideally that can’t be a bad thing.

Player Objectives:

Arguably Arsenal’s best midfield involves Cazorla and Xhaka playing together as a duo behind the attacking midfielders, and that’s going to be so good to watch. He’ll be able to push on a little more now that Xhaka is capable of taking on midfield duties a little better than Coquelin.

Best Attributes:

He’s 31, been at the club for more than 4 years and is still capable of surprising us with that delicate footwork of his, but ultimately his passing play is perfect. He can feed a ball through to anyone and when he’s in his stride in the final third he causes defenders problems by being able to switch the play with a flick of his foot.

Weak Areas:

You might say that his fitness levels aren’t what they used to be, but now that there’s some depth in the midfield Wenger has the ability to work around that.

  • Player Rating: 8/10
  • Current Value: £30million
  • Potential Value: N/A

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