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Originally Posted by Immanenz
thanks!
Well, Alaba was a left Midfielder in the youth, but this position does not exist anymore almost since nobody is playing a 442 anymore. His wish was indeed to play a more central role, like an 8 but Heynckes saw his ability from the flanks and used him as a Left Back right from the start and he worked with Ribery really well.
Alaba is a decent 6 and Center Back too (personally i dont like him on this Positon but he indeed can use his quickness more on the CB than as CM to avoid counterattacks), since Bayern needed players especially on the CB he played there also a lot of times. He lost a bit of quickness do to age and injury. For Austria he played very often 8/10 but totally struggled- especially that em 2016, Foda used him on the left side again, etiher as Fuill Back or Left Midfielder and he really played much better- his ability to play with Wingers/Strikers like Arnautovic is on the wide position is world class, and he is way more productive- certainly because he is not born to be a central player (like Heynceks said- you need that "Midfielder gene") but also he rarely played anything beyond 6 in Bayern.
I assume he ll play a lot of Left Back or Center Back again in Real, since they have Mendy/ Marcelo as well- let see if he plays 6 as well- probably back up plan for Casemiro, but nothing further than that.up:
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that is indeed a total waste of effort, what a dumb game
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