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Elite football, in England in particular, seems to be producing fewer top level left-backs than in the past. What has led to this scarcity?
Let’s find out 🤝
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41 Comments
Udogie💪
Calafiori 🤞
Scotland has them all
Because left footed players are rare by themselves let alone left footed backs
Harry amass is going to be a promising left back
Antonee Robinson was by far the best LB in the Prem last year and should have been in the team of the season.
Why isn’t Udogie in this video
Im not seeing Alejandro Balde mentioned here at all…
Dan Burn is the best LB in the world
60 + 22 = 82% so where’s the rest? There’s no way 18% of players are perfectly two footed.
It seems like a lot of the top quality left backs have been getting injured a lot in recent years.
Gvardiol ?
TLDW: Left footed players are more rare than right footed
Estupinian if he wasn’t injured😔
Udogie going to be a top LB soon
football exists outside UK🤦♂️
LCB must be left footed is a total mistake
It's ironic how the best player for that position currently is antony😅
U kinda look like ozil
none on FIFA either
Football is dead
Gvardiol may be a CB but he's doing great at LB
you should follow Ferdi Kadıoğlu. He's got the potential to be elite and he just made a move from Fenerbahçe to Brighton for 30+5, which is dirt cheap for English clubs. In maximum a year, he can move to a team like Arsenal.
Alphonso Davies
I can't imagine why Ben Chilwell , who won UCLA is still not being brought by anyone . Or is not included in the Chelsea squad
Robertson…all you need.
Left footers are too good
The Fulham LB should have been there or even Udogie(even tho Spurs concede alot)
What happened to the rest of the percentages? If they are not RF or LF, what are they?
Shouldn't the same problem occur for right backs, maybe slightly less based on dominant foot but there's plenty of great right backs at the moment.
Its not kust left backs, its every position.
Udogie?
This is all over analysis in my opinion, the talent level just dropped simple as that
…really? Left footers are rare?
Im pretty sure right handers is more common. Then it should be more common that they are left footers. Its rare that a right hander is also a right footer.
It really is just a recruiting scouting problem.
A prime Philipp Lahm would be worth 200m in todays makret
DIEGZYYYYYY
Me as a left back watchibg this
'Specialists in the position'
Shows Gael bloody Clichy
Liverpool are so grateful for having 2 great left back.
Guess Andy Robertson just doesn’t exist then
Top quality players in general are becoming less and less