Ander on the ball Vs. premier league players talked about as replacements
http://stats.squawka.com/en/compari...423&s=101,103,104,105,106,108,109,117,111,113
Most passes, most forward passes by a large margin, most through balls, most assists, highest average pass length. Also 2nd highest goals behind Neves
Ander's contribution going forward is severely underrated.
You cant only watch stats and judge a player ability based on that.
Do you watch Cristiano Ronaldo stats and see for example how many shots he makes and how many goals does he score and he is considered one of the best ever and some average forwards have better conversion rate.
Another example I have read in Meunier thread when someone posted that Young is better going forward than someone like Meunier by those same stats which is laughable.
Herrera is a player of no risk at all,thats why he has those stats.Every pass,shot he makes is a safe one which can do many midfielders in Premier league.
He is a limited player in some way but he is not a bad player.
He can do a job on squad player basis but nothing more.He is a smart player who understands football and does basics very good but simply is missing ability to be a first team player for a club of United size.He can be a first team player for West ham or Bilbao but not top clubs.
He is also 30 and relies on his running too much which is also another sign why club is not giving him those numbers he wants.
It is a mistake club didnt give him new contract season or two ago but it is not the end of the world if he leaves.
We need better players if we want to progress to higher level and he is not that important,even he stays we need to upgrade him,too much overrating now because of PSG interest,who want him only because of his availability for free.