Bape
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You are missing the point though. Kagawa's qualities are clearly at best in the final third, his role is similar to a second striker at Dortmund. Moving him back will simply nullify what he's best at. On top of that, theres nothing to suggest he can play deeper either, his long passing is not his best attribute, he works hard but is not exactly known for his defensive work, it just doesn't make much sense to play him there. Playing him out wide does makes more sense, not as a winger but as a David Silva type wide attacker, where he will be moving infield more often than not. He has played a similar role for his national team, he has never played as a centre midfielder for club or country.He's the same size as Modric who gets on just fine in a midfield two. His drifting wide is limited to creating space for his team mates and himself. He's no winger.
It's quality that is the over riding factor of whether a player can play in the centre, not size. His movement and technical ability leads me to believe he could play there, his size has nothing to do with it. Leon Britton is smaller and thanks to technical ability again, gets on just fine.