Nayef Aguerd is a 29-year-old centre-back playing for Real Sociedad on loan from West Ham United.
With his loan period coming to an end this summer, Aguerd has been linked with many teams wanting to secure his services.
One of the most interested teams who are pushing to get a deal with the Irons are the Italian side, Juventus.
The idea is to make a swap deal, transferring Aguerd to Juventus and Daniele Rugani to West Ham.
The deal will be beneficial for both the Moroccan defender and Juventus, as I Bianconeri are in need of defensive reinforcements; Aguerd would certainly represent one of those.
At the same time, it is a risk he needs to take to become a more powerful defender and impose himself within Igor Tudor’s formation.
This tactical analysis and scout report aims to further explore Aguerd’s defensive and playmaking skills and evaluate his possible addition to a team like Juventus.
The analysis will also focus on comparing Aguerd with the defenders who are actually at Juventus, as this will help determine whether Aguerd has the standards needed to get sufficient playing time with Juventus.
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Nayef Aguerd Roles & Defensive Traits
Aguerd is a modern defender with everything needed to make an impact with any team he plays for.
Nayef Aguerd Pizza Map
He plays mostly as a left centre-back and can also be used as a left-back when needed, knowing he is left-footed.
He can play in most formations as he is used to playing in a back-three or a back-four defence.
First, he is very attentive to defensive duels and wins a high number of them per match, as shown in the pizza map below.
Falling in the 96th percentile for the percentage of defensive duels won last season is quite telling, and it means that Aguerd can be very reliable in this fundamental task.
Things can vary, however, if he joins Juventus because there are notable differences between the Spanish and Italian leagues.
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