Here, we can see the midfielder positioned in his left-sided central midfield position, just reacting as the opposition wide man plays a pass into the central player.As play moves on, and just a second later, Gueye manages to get a foot on the pass that was played by the wide man into the central player, thanks to his speed and ability to read the game. However, he rarely probed too far into the final third.Gueye is comfortable at playing a box-to-box role and he possesses enough quality in a variety of different areas of his game that allow him to do so effectively. Watford have 'sold' midfielder Pape Gueye to Marseille just 17 HOURS after he joined them. "Arsenal also contacted us with a salary three times higher. But the Hornets will claim seven-figure compensation for … Gueye made his professional debut for Le Havre in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Chamois Niortais on 5 May 2017.

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The 21-year-old's contract at the Ligue 2 club was coming to an end in June. "The youngster recently told L'Equipe: "For me, the future is still uncertain. "But Pape wants to play in Ligue 1 for two or three years before going abroad, and Marseille are clearly on the shortlist. The Frenchman is very quick and mobile, which provides a contrast to Strootman.The Dutchman does attempt to press high up the pitch, however, it may be fair to say that some weaknesses in this side of his game have been exposed at times this season.The image above provides us with an example of Strootman pressing an opposition player quite aggressively while they attempt to build-out from the back. A representative for the Le Havre midfielder insists that …

The club that wants to sign him must therefore negotiate to drop his clause with Watford. But the Senegalese finally denounced this agreement to engage with OM in the middle of last week. Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas has admitted he is still looking to strengthen his squad having already purchased Pape Gueye. This little movement threw Strootman off and allowed the opposition player to build pas him and the rest of this line of Marseille pressure.Gueye is more mobile, quick, and agile than Strootman and with that in mind, he could offer an improvement for his new club in terms of ball recovery if he can adapt quickly to life in Ligue 1 and carry over the form that left him so highly sought-after at the end of last season.In addition to tackling, Gueye’s speed also plays an important role in helping the midfielder to make interceptions. Pape Gueye has expressed his delight after completing his move to French side Marseille on a four-year deal. Firstly, we can see how relaxed he tends to remain on the ball despite pressure being applied to him by this opposition player. "This clause was fixed by the club at £4.5m, but it is far from the reality of today since the value of the players dropped by half with the health crisis. Pape Gueye at Marseille 2019/20 – scout report. The 21-year-old displayed plenty of enthusiasm and aggression off the ball to get himself in between opposition players and intercept their passes last season. (See Why Here) "The value of Pape was evaluated between £1.8-£2.7m and today Transfermarkt value him at £1.45m. Meanwhile, he is quick, mobile, aggressive, and he possesses intelligent anticipation off the ball.All of these traits combined to help Gueye be a standout midfielder in Ligue 2 last season and now he will have the opportunity to learn from and compete with Strootman at 22-year-old football tactics writer from the Republic of Ireland.Last summer, Tanguy Ndombele became the most expensive signing in Tottenham’s history with a transfer fee of €60m. The midfielder played an average of 6.71 long-balls per league game during the 2019/20 campaign, which is more than every other outfield Le Havre player. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. English Premier league club, Watford have sold newly signed Pape Gueye to French side Marseille just 17 hours after he joined the club following a controversial comment he made.Gueye was due to officially join Watford on Wednesday, July 1, as a free agent and had been registered as their player, after he was signed in a April for a monthly fee of around £45,000. Meanwhile, Strootman made an average of 8.77 recoveries per league game last term, with 37.5% of them coming inside the opposition’s half of the pitch.It may be fair to say that, These stats are similar and Gueye’s number of recoveries and the percentage of them that came in the opposition’s half of the pitch may be encouraging for a Marseille side who had the third-lowest PPDA of any Ligue 1 side last season. Christlike. 60.4k Followers, 281 Following, 26 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Pape Gueye (@p.gueye24) AC Milan, Udinese and Sevilla are set to rivals Arsenal for Gueye's signature with his contract into its final 18 months, reports Estadio Deportivo. "A vast array of teams are claimed to be keen on signing Gueye, including Arsenal.However the France Under-19 international purportedly wants to remain in his home country for the next few years.The agent continued: "Marseille are one of the clubs most interested in Pape, that’s clear. We touched on Gueye’s speed earlier on in this particular section of analysis.