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Marco Van Ginkel

Chelsea have announced the signing of this Justin Bieber lookalike. Please don’t hate Rip van Winkle Marco van Ginkel that he looks like JB. I have not seen much of MvG to be honest, but whatever I’ve seen of this 20 yr old Oranje reminds me of a Lampard plus Ballack hybrid. The enforcing nature of Ballack combined with the late runs, passing and goalscoring of Lampard is what this kid is made of.

Recently awarded the ‘Dutch Talent of the Year 2013’ award, he has both featured for the U21 and senior squad at international level and features as a midfielder capable of playing both advanced and deep roles. Broadly speaking, Van Ginkel is a clever, technical player who is comfortable playing multiple midfield positions. He’s even been used in a largely unsuccessful experiment in a centre forward role, but as it was unsuccessful, he ain’t a Torres replacement. However,  he is a  good option in the pivot of Chelsea’s preferred 4-2-3-1, or he can easily fill any of the three midfield spots in Mourinho’s 4-3-3.

Standing 6’1, MvG possesses above average pace and acceleration and most importantly, Like Lampard and Gerrard, he can run non-stop throughout the 90 minutes. Even though United were in pursuit of him, Chelsea’s close relationship with Vitesse helped secure the deal in the Blues’ favour.

MvG is a very complete player. He’s not much flashy, but he’s got an plethora of passes in his arsenal and is fairly comfortable with the ball at his feet. He moves the ball quickly, not taking multiple touches after receiving the ball very often. He doesn’t dribble into the attacking third very often like Hazard, preferring to collect the ball and quickly move it to a teammate.

Also, he’s shown some defensive awareness despite his young age and spending his formational years as an attacker. His tackling is more impressive than both KdB and Oscar, and he’s got a knack for stepping into passing lanes and quickly starting the counter after intercepting the ball.The fact that he grew up an attacker is visible in the fact that he has got a Lampard-like killer instinct and often makes those trademark late runs into the box.

And while I know you want to hear his stats speak, sadly I don’t seem to find any site that keeps record of Eredevisie matches. Yes, his Euro U21 stats are available, but a handful of games makes poor sample space for statistical judgement.

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