Brighton moved quickly this summer to secure one of their main targets, Genk winger Leandro Trossard. The south coast club are believed to have parted with somewhere in the region of £15 million to secure the 24-year-old, who scored 14 league goals as Genk won the Jupiler Pro League title.
The Belgian winger won a number of admirers due to his outstanding appearances playing on the left-hand side of Genk’s 4-2-3-1 system. This tactical analysis scout report will examine various aspects of Trossard’s game and provide an analysis of what he might offer Brighton in their 2019/20 Premier League campaign.
Classic wing play
Leandro Trossard is a lot more than a simple winger in the traditional model of getting to the byline to put crosses into the box. That said, traditional wing play is still a very strong part of his game as he is more than capable of running at pace, beating his man and getting crosses into the box.
In the images below we see an example of Trossard making an intelligent run on the way to providing an assist for teammate Bryan Heynen in Genks game away at Standard Liège. He would go on to manage a total of seven league assists over the course of the 2018/19 season.
Threat from central areas
As mentioned, Trossard has a lot more to his game than effective wing play and is just as capable of influencing the game by drifting into central areas. From these positions, he has proven to be a major threat if he is allowed too much time and space on the ball.
In the picture below we see how the Anderlecht players stand off him allowing him the time to play a lofted ball over the top of the defence, which fell perfectly to be met by the head of Mbwana Samatta.
