The Spanish midfielder has gone from being Pep Guardiola's defensive stalwart to the complete central midfielder. And along the way he's developed into a key cog in Man City's attacking machine.
I have been banging that drum about KDB’s physicality and carrying for ages; I think that because a) his passing is beautiful and b) he doesn’t _look_ elite athletic, that aspect of his game is overlooked by many. Great piece
Thanks Alex! Really appreciate the kind words. And yeah it's such an odd one. I suspect it may also be a case of him not really "bulking up" until later in his career, so perhaps most of us still thinking of him as that tall but rather skinny midfielder at Wolfsburg or Chelsea before becoming the world class player he now is at Man City. But he's obviously noticed it himself and tried to make ammendments: why else would he have that new grizzly beard?
I have been banging that drum about KDB’s physicality and carrying for ages; I think that because a) his passing is beautiful and b) he doesn’t _look_ elite athletic, that aspect of his game is overlooked by many. Great piece
Thanks Alex! Really appreciate the kind words. And yeah it's such an odd one. I suspect it may also be a case of him not really "bulking up" until later in his career, so perhaps most of us still thinking of him as that tall but rather skinny midfielder at Wolfsburg or Chelsea before becoming the world class player he now is at Man City. But he's obviously noticed it himself and tried to make ammendments: why else would he have that new grizzly beard?