If I could pick any, I would chose Joao Cancelo, as I think he’s the best around. Of the English lot, Max Aarons looks to fit the mould to me, although I have only seen two full games of his, rest are clips, and Ricardo Pereira looks balanced going both ways in terms of PL.
I think comfort in possession is crucial. Otherwise you will be seeing more Ashley Young-style hoods down the line all game. I know he’s not a RB, but Jordi Alba is brilliant in that he is on the same wavelength as the rest technically. He can be involved in the little triangles to play out of a press, and has the engine to run up and down the flank. I don’t know how many goals or assists he actually gets, but he’s a massive weapon going forward.
If Cancelo is not one of but
the best right back around then why is Juventus supposedly willing to let him leave one year into a five year contract? Possible FFP trouble? I read the rumor about a fallout with Allegri over his apparent/alleged 'relaxed' conduct in training that led to some Juventus fans branding him lazy but that shouldn't be an issue now that Allegri's gone should it? I have serie A on my ESPN cable subscription and I regret not watching Juventus more so i've never really noticed him. I can only go by the stats on my end, which show that he has the same number of assists (3) in serie A that AWB has in the PL. From the little i've read on the Juventus forum and their Reddit page, it appears Cancelo had a mixed season. They agree he's been bad since he had surgery, which was about five months, and he was pretty good before that. The bad involves errors in play. These posts on the Juventuz forum sums up the rest, as far as the negative aspects Juve fans mention a lot:
I want him to stay, but this bafflement and outrage over him possibly leaving is honestly confusing.
He has been pretty bad ever since his surgery, that's 5 months now, more than he's been good. Other players get called out for much less.
He has been one of the main culprits for eliminations in the Coppa and CL. I don't think Ajax score if he doesn't give them that goal. And overall on the season he's made almost as many errors leading to goals as Bonucci did.
We overpaid for Cancelo hoping that he could become great. He still might. Did he play like a 40 million fullback this season? No, not at all. Seeing what we've seen of him here and at Inter, two seasons now, would you sign Cancelo for 40m? that's a no from me.
If a team comes with such a bid it makes all the sense in the world to consider it. Keeping him or selling him are reasonable options as he has not been great, but he has some potential, it can swing both ways. Don't see the reason for outrage/
The guy can cross, we need that. But we don't need his brainfarts at the back. Should be backup in defense, nothing more there. In offense, he can be a force for sure, but he and Max need to be on the same page and it looks like they aren't. If that is an issue, then Max will win 99 times out of 100.
I like him a lot and his lack of defensive skills can be solved. Look at someone like Kimmich or Marcelo, they couldn't defend but learned that over time.
If it was De Sciglio or Khedira or someone like that we wouldn't hear the end of it. He needs to get his shit together.
https://www.juventuz.com/threads/joão-cancelo.43638/page-52
Of course there's also a lot of glowing praise on there for him as well, but these posts, of which there are many other similar examples of, tell me that he's much better at attacking than he is at actual defending, so not really balanced at all. We have a good attacking RB in Dalot who along with the solid at the back AWB could provide us service for several seasons. I do need to watch Cancelo more. Are you aware of the rumor that Ronaldo got the Portuguese coach to bench him for their last two nations league games? Its unrelated and probably nothing. Just came across it.
I'll take your word for it that he's more than decent on the ball, a 'weapon' going forward and all that (or is that Alba?), but the numbers can and should be better for someone you and others rate so highly and consider the best RB. He's also 25, same age as Andrew Roberton who has the numbers to match the praise he gets for his attacking prowess. I also think its disingenuous to compare AWB to Young in this manner, because i've seen him link up pretty well with Zaha, he's nothing like Young and he doesn't rely on such balls to find players. Alba is 30 and content at Barca, I don't see him as a realistic target and I don't think we should buy a leftback for the RB position. Ive heard good things about Aarons and even Reece James, but it appears AWB probably fits the profile of RB Ole wants, and his PL experience and his overall performance last season works in his favor. I can't say i've really noticed Perreria of Leicester, so you may be on to something.