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I do wonder if this will accelerate in the coming days on the proviso Paratici is successful with his appeal.I must say i find it interesting that many say Enrique is boring yet want Kompany. Enrique actually streamlined Barca and made them a more direct unit moving the ball up the pitch fast, primarily via the full backs who would often sit high up the pitch. It was actually a big shift as prior to that everything went through the midfield. But as Inesta and Xavi were ageing/moving on Enrique had to adjust. They were still a possession team of course and still played a lot of intricate passing, but it was a big step away from the Pep tiki taka style. Enrique liked his teams to get the ball as close to goal as quickly as possible.
Kompany meanwhile plays a Pep slow and steady system which focusses on short passing rather then directness, essentially looking to control the ball and pass it around until a hole opens up for the team to exploit. I have seen many on here complain about this sort of football being incredibly boring. Furthermore he likes his wing back to ether tuck in to make a lopsided 3 at the back or move into midfield ultimately making ether a 3-2-5 or a 2-3-5 formation which i don't necessarily feel would suit ether Porro or Udogie. Udogie has operated from midfield before but both him and Porro are best in attacking areas imo so Komapny would need to adjust somewhat to get the best out of them.
Anyway, from a tactical point of view, Enrique is a lot more direct then people think. Again, not that i want him, but its unfair to paint him with the Barca slow and steady brush when in fact out of all the options we are looking at Kompany is the one that would most fit that label.
I can only surmise as;
- Paratici appeal successful - Enrique likely manager
- Paratici appeal unsuccessful - Slot/Kompany likely manager