Youth academies. FM Wonderkids. Of course, team style and its influence on player outputs must be accounted for, but given he is younger than both and currently statistically outperforming them, the potential long-term value in this signing is huge. StatsBomb data also has United as the third most dispossessed side in the league last season, so the Frenchman could offer some security in-possession.
Just as he could fit the bill for the Red half of Manchester, Kamara may be ideal for their title-winning neighbours. Their inversion of full-backs in-possession naturally demands a player to drop between the split centre-backs and dictate play — quarter-back style; Kamara has done just that in his current Marseille side. City are a heavily data-driven club when it comes to recruitment, so it would be surprising if they have not already flagged Boubacar up as a potential target.
Of course, Fernandinho 35 is well into the twilight of his career, and Kamara could provide a suitable long-term replacement, especially for a side that are becoming more and more youthful — their average squad age Whilst there are rumours that Zidane may leave, he could provide the ideal manager for Kamara to grow under; whilst Zizou operated further forward, his individual quality on the ball and technique are elements that Kamara could develop even further in his game.
Bespoke data analysis from World in Motion shows that Kamara is above the La Liga standard in both passing and defensive metrics. Ligue 1 winners Lille would provide the most suitable within-country step for Kamara. His Marseille side finished fifth, so will only get Europa League football this season, a level which he is comfortably above. Kamara also completed 21 fewer fouls than Andre. Lille were the fifth youngest side in the division last season, but they used the fewest players 21 of any Ligue 1 side — that number will inevitably have to go up next campaign if they are to mount a solid title defence and qualify from their Champions League group; the addition of Kamara — whilst unlikely — would help to tick multiple boxes.
Boubacar Bernard Kamara is very much a local boy in Marseille. This included a one-season spell in the second team, where he made 32 appearances. Initially being given run-outs in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League, the Frenchman steadily worked his way into the side after recovering from two disruptive ankle injuries. Such issues were not at play in the most recent season, where he rose from a rotational player to a regular starter. Before finding his home on the right of a central defensive pairing, he was featured as a defensive midfielder, a left-back, a left-sided centre-back and a right-sided centre-back — in both a back-three and back-four.
This would no doubt have played a part in the inconsistency of his performances. When defending central areas, he positions himself too square to the ball and becomes stranded in space in the middle of the pitch. Remove the ambiguity of his role, however, and suddenly you start to see the best of the youngster. This is most evident when pressing up from the back, where he uses a low and crouched body stance that keeps a side-on perspective, blocking progression anywhere on the pitch.
His split-second side-to-side shifting, balanced risk and aggression approach, physicality, the use of his long legs to get in-between and around opponents, and even his surprising dominant aerial ability, all combine to make him an excellent defensive destroyer. Additionally, his awareness and reading of situations due to his frequent scanning — which could still improve — enables him to deduce whether he should step onto an opponent or lay off them.
Maintaining the same body stance has also helped him defend wide one-on-one duels. The Marseille man can defend seamlessly on either side, getting across his man well using his weaker side to block off opponents. It is against the better, trickier wide players he struggles; those players just have the edge in reaction speed to escape his clutches.
Fabien Barthez. The bald headed keeper, best known for his time at Man Utd and with the French national team, left in as Marseille were forcibly relegated due to match-fixing. Basile Boli. The Ivorian-born French defender will forever be remembered for just one header. Just one. Just for that alone, he deserves his place. Manuel Amoros. The 82 times capped France defender was once voted the best rightback at the World Cup, but enjoyed two successful spells at Marseille.
A hardened defender who found the perfect mix of defending and attacking on the right flank, Amoros made the wing his own, contributing greatly to Marseille victories over the years. Carlos Mozer. The Brazilian defender might not be known much outside of France and Brazil he was capped 32 times by the Selecao!
Tackling at every opportunity, the former Benfica man helped Marseille to three of those before calling time on his stellar career at Stade Velodrome to return to Portugal. Eric di Meco. Whilst Marseille imported talent, di Meco came from within, and ended his career with 5 Ligue 1 titles, 1 Champions League and 1 French Cup.
He stuck with his Marseille blood to later become an MP in the city. Didier Deschamps. The man. The captain. The manager. Marseille himself. Not only arguably the most recognised player the club has produced, Deschamps found fame internationally as the man who lifted the Champions League, World Cup and European Championship as captain.
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