{"id":1123935,"date":"2020-01-08T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1123935"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:26:52","slug":"arturo-vidal-barcelona-transfer-analysis-midfield-answer","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/arturo-vidal-barcelona-transfer-analysis-midfield-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Arturo Vidal: Barcelona&#8217;s answer to a question nobody asked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arturo Vidal is in a curious situation at <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-i7xb4l96jbbbhb455lra8a7dv4xt1pkv\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span>, and not just because he&#8217;s currently suing the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the Chilean are taking legal action against\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-39l4w51zqgscav75oa1jqewq9tg2y4lo\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> over unpaid bonuses, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/en\/news\/barca\/arturo-vidal-speaks-about-his-row-with-barcelona-over-money-7788877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said:<\/a> &#8220;t<span>he person in charge of this is not me. For that, it&#8217;s my representative and my lawyer, who takes care of these bonuses.&#8221; So by his account, he&#8217;s not being actively hostile himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7467210\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Still, his position at the club is bizarre because he&#8217;s wanted by Inter Milan, whose coach Antonio Conte worked with the Chilean at Juventus and wants to do so again. Meanwhile,\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-b5uvztw03c9hpuvlrwp1wi8p10qvo684\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> don&#8217;t seem to want to sell him, even though he&#8217;s technically suing the club.<\/p>\n<p>But why don&#8217;t they want to sell him? You&#8217;d think the chance to make a profit (or break even) on a 32-year-old midfielder soon to be 33 who is suing a club would make him a prime candidate to be sold as soon as possible, right?<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily, yes, but the thing is Arturo Vidal is <em>sensational<\/em> at what he does.<\/p>\n<p>And what does he do?<\/p>\n<p>Tackle and score, basically.<\/p>\n<p>Vidal plays football like a child, endlessly running after the ball to win it back and when team-mates have it he runs into the box to try and score. His time with <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-iejkhhvxuccxg35b5yq5k3el3a3cf3wp\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Pep Guardiola<\/span> in Munich has taught him a little bit of control and composure but mostly he&#8217;s football&#8217;s answer to the Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil. A whirlwind of absolute chaos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1124085 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152827\/arturo-vidal-barcelona-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Arturo Vidal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152827\/arturo-vidal-barcelona.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152827\/arturo-vidal-barcelona-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152827\/arturo-vidal-barcelona-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152827\/arturo-vidal-barcelona-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s in that chaos where he thrives.<\/p>\n<p>Vidal has scored six goals in La Liga this season. Only <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-y312sgcqhf003zcesaejjiui4yj4zl4e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/lionel_messi\">Leo Messi<\/span>, Luis Su\u00e1rez and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jl7p8nhprycxplt0q0ojehdoxiy0sm6c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/antoine_griezmann\">Antoine Griezmann<\/span> have more. Vidal&#8217;s ability to score marks him out as unique amongst <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-04xf89d8asirp78che2xqwdjd6ynn7i3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> midfielders. As does his tackling.<\/p>\n<p>In La Liga so far this season Vidal has made 36 tackles. That&#8217;s more than any other <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5vgghlhzqngwp03duki5yqtgil7766r3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> player despite the fact that he has played just 569 minutes. He is a tackle machine. He has an utterly preposterous 5.69 tackles per-90 minutes (the highest amongst all La Liga players who have played at least 90 minutes).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sadio Mane\u0301, Ricardo Pereira, Granit Xhaka Transfer News w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPc_4bvYHuA?start=32&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s why <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-j98o2h3za4f9j53vh28xqra9g6bx8zhq\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> don&#8217;t want to sell. Vidal does things no other <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5mm354g3cdkqpkbm4vez4sll6zuucazc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Bar\u00e7a<\/span> midfielders can. But here&#8217;s the thing: should they even be trying? Alright, when it comes to goals you can&#8217;t argue, players should always try and score goals if they can. But the tackles? That&#8217;s the big thing for Vidal&#8217;s defenders, they point out how crucial the Chilean is because his tackling ability is so important to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-bx30ai09baf7w3smkde384ji0mkdpe6q\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span>&#8216;s performances.\u00a0Vidal may not be the midfielder <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tlpxntpidla6z2mvifwflcb1g5os2v08\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> deserve, but he&#8217;s the one they need right now.<\/p>\n<p>When you think about it, though, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fgri1fcopzxlid2s2mlxmddvny63jxuf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> shouldn&#8217;t need midfielders to make 5.69 tackles per 90 minutes. They are a team built to play passing football. Their goalkeeper loves to pass, their defence is way better on the front foot, their midfield has Sergio Busquets and Frenkie de Jong in it and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-xd5m8i3gdvrwqx5q7hk4s9zseljgl8g3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/lionel_messi\">Messi<\/span> runs their attack so that it is full of selflessness and interplay. Fast or slow, they need to play with composure and consideration,\u00a0<em>especially<\/em> in midfield. That is the heartbeat of the side and the rhythm needs to be a steady one.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Arturo Vidal and his tackle-mania, EKG flying all over the place like an earthquake, is the answer to a question no one asked. Or, at least, a question no one should be asking at <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-gxs6rox95f52042hgcet4c8yphywp4f5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span>. He makes the match into chaos, and in that chaos he thrives, but on the whole he drags the team down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1124086\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152926\/vidal-suarez-barcelona-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152926\/vidal-suarez-barcelona.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152926\/vidal-suarez-barcelona-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152926\/vidal-suarez-barcelona-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/07152926\/vidal-suarez-barcelona-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He pulls them further away from what they could and should be and makes the team play to a tune to which it is ill-suited, but a team which suits his characteristics perfectly. So everyone else looks bad, while he (and Luis Su\u00e1rez, another chaos-master &#8211; but in attack where it is more easily contained) looks good.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Antonio Conte&#8217;s Inter is the perfect kind of environment for Vidal&#8217;s helter-skelter approach. There his chaos is wanted, because Conte loves to inject a bit of that into his teams. His Juve side had the chaos of Vidal and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ulfmdmm1pgkww4taz1oxrtmmc8fkgcwg\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/paul_pogba\">Paul Pogba<\/span> in midfield and Carlos Tevez up front.<\/p>\n<p>Conte yearns for that chaos, and if his Inter come back in for Vidal then <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9tci3mjh929ix7qd52g72g3k3w89r9ub\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> should absolutely sell. Move Vidal on to a place where he will be perfectly at home and promote Riqui Puig, the La Masia graduate who is the midfielder they deserve, <em>and<\/em> the one they need right now. A midfielder who perfectly suits their style of play and will amplify the whole side. Nothing less than a knight, shining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arturo Vidal is in a curious situation at Barcelona, and not just because he&#8217;s currently suing the club. Representatives of the Chilean are taking legal action against\u00a0Barcelona over unpaid bonuses, although he said: &#8220;the person in charge of this is not me. 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