Showing posts with label Palermo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palermo. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Let Man United waste their dosh on Cavani

Is Edinson Cavani the most overrated player in the world? If not, he's up there.  He can't pass, he can't shoot, he can't dribble, and he does not create goals.  What is the big deal?

His stats from last season do nothing to justify his £50m+ estimation:
npgp90gcp90ccp90ap90ccv
0.550.710.90.088.7
pass%bp%sacc%shot%TTI90
85.562.336.516.79.5
gsp90gap90gop90tgopgopd90
2.120.631.491.61-0.12

His pass success rate of 85.5% is excellent, at being misleading.  I'm not sure If I have ever seen a back pass percentage above 60, even Iago Aspas had 58.1% last season.  He does have a low turnover rate, but he wasn't exactly the primary ball carrier for PSG, they do have a few other well-known footballers on their squad.  In fact, he only averaged 28 pass attempts and 3.8 shots per 90 minutes last season, for perspective, Ibrahimovic averaged 50 and 5.2 respectively.

Further proof that his passing rate from last season was an anomaly:
yearageclubcompapp(sub)pcompattpass%
2012-1326NapoliSerie A33(1)54459877.9
2011-1225NapoliSerie A32(3)55175872.7
2010-1124NapoliSerie A32(3)49567873
2009-1023PalermoSerie A31(3)52368276.7
totals2113271677.8

His previous four year average is nearly 8 points lower.  All those expensive teammates make him look like a Pirlo, when he's really just a Kevin Nolan.  Oddly enough, his 8.7 ccv is his lowest in five years, while his career high was 18.8, his first season in Napoli.  His five year average though is only 11.

Cavani is far from worth £50m, he's probably not even worth £15m. I hope Van Gaal buys him though, it will just add to the horrible deals they made this summer.

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