A bit on Tchouameni:
People might think he's like Pogba stylistically but that's not the case. He's a lot closer to a Kante(although still different). He's a bit similar to Pogba in his natural physical build, that's about it.
His statistics are extremely impressive defensively. He's in the top 1 or 2 percentile in a lot of such stats for midfielders in Europe.
Some of the stats he's very high in are "aggressive pressing", balls won after he initiated the press, balls won in opponent's final 30m, etc.
His offensive/passing statistics are good, especially for a Defensive Mid. but as of now, by no means, is he a box to box player. Even though he's good on the ball he's not a dribbler like a Camavinga is.
He's gifted though but his technical skills peak at his passing range: a very neat and efficient passer. He'll improve even further in terms of key passes with experience, but he often tries to break atleast one defensive line with his passing; he's pretty progressive passer and not just a player who plays it safe with short, sideways passing like Harry Winks is.
It's very impressive how fast he fitted into the France National team already. Another thing about him is that he's very clever. Much sharper and mature than your average Footballer. Read this recently:
Some of the most interesting French Football analysts released a book like 6 months back on "How to win a Football game?", where they talked to various professionals about the different methods they use to make sure they're better than their opponents. It's not based on broad technical points but rather the little details people tend to not talk about. The details which give you an edge over opponents of a similar level and how to generally keep improving as much as possible. The book has interviews with nutritionists, video analysts, physical and mental coaches and so on, all working for top division teams. One of the authors said that they interviewed Tchouameni for the book because he has his own data and video analysts who help him before every game to counter the strengths and games of the players he's gonna be up against. Club Analysts from Monaco normally paint a broad picture of how to outplay the opponents, how to work as a team, the systems, which passing circuits to prefer, etc. But Tchouameni's personal analysts will focus on every player of the other team and how to counter them and take advantage of their weaknesses like "This Right Back always tends to use a short dribble towards his left when he's pressed in his own half" (that type of thing but way more detailed and adapted to Tchouameni's game). Apparently, he has his own notebook and data records collected on all players, basically like the coaches do; except this is a 22 year old youngster.
This is how he's such a beast at winning the ball back and passing the ball and is constantly improving his game. Ofcourse, physically and technically he's top notch but it's his Footballing brain which sets him apart. He knows exactly when and how to press which player. He reads the game very well for his age.
Apologies for the very long post.
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