Current Analogue
The player
Sunderland · CM
right-footed power 8 · vertical carrying · defensive work
Open profile: Habib DiarraDiarra and Koné offer a way through midfield pressure by carrying the ball into space, then returning to contest the next duel. The comparison concerns their two-way central-midfield function.
Diarra is more naturally described here as a box-to-box runner; this does not equate their distribution, positioning or output.