In February 2019, Aaron Ramsey signed a pre-contract agreement with Italian giants Juventus to join the club that summer from Arsenal.
The Welshman had spent over a decade in London, joining the Gunners in 2008 for almost five million pounds.
Nonetheless, by the end of his time at Arsenal, things had begun to get stale, and eventually, Juventus offered him a reported 400 thousand pounds a week if he joined them on a free transfer.
This pre-contract agreement took effect at the beginning of July 2019.
Ramsey was signed by Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri.
However, Allegri left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season and was replaced by former Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri.
Ramseys 2019/20 season under Sarri did not go quite as well as he may have thought.
Ramsey played just over 1,000 minutes for Juventus in Serie A, scoring three times and only getting one assist.
When Andrea Pirlo succeeded Sarri over this past summer, it was widely reported that Pirlo would look to replace Ramsey as he was not overly fond of the player.
Despite these rumours, Ramsey has started in both of Andrea Pirlo’s competitive matches in charge so far this season.
In addition to this, he has also managed to claim one assist, which already matches last season’s tally.
This scout report will be a tactical analysis of how Aaron Ramsey has been utilised so far under Pirlo this season and how the 29-year-old has been crucial to the Italian legend’s tactics at Juventus.
Playing between the lines
Since Pirlo was appointed manager of The Old Lady, he has changed the teams formation from the previous few seasons.
Under both Sarri and Allegri, Juventus mainly used back-four formations, typically the 4-2-3-1 or the 4-3-1-2.
Pirlo has deployed a 3-4-1-2 in every game that he has coached so far during his short tenure.
In this 3-4-1-2 system, Ramsey is one of the most crucial players in the set-up.
He plays the attacking midfield role, sitting behind the centre-forwards and in front of the midfield line.
In the build-up phase of Juventus’ attack, Ramsey positions himself in between the lines at all times.
Ramsey rarely drops in front of the opposition’s midfield line.
By positioning himself between the lines, he is able to act as a progressive passing option for the backline and Juventus’ double pivot to play through the gaps.
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