Payet ahead of Messi and De Bruyne
A statistic has come even more to highlight the qualities of the number 10 Olympian, that of the number of chances created since the 2017/2018 season. In this area, Dimitri Payet is ahead of the greatest players of the modern round ball, as demonstrated by our British colleagues from Squawka Football. Out of the five major championships, the 34-year-old comes first with 383 actions created, so ahead of Kevin De Bruyne second (366), Luis Alberto third (364), Lionel Messi (350) and Papu Gomez (348).
This is not the only classification where the one who defines himself as “Marseillais à vie” appears. Sky Sport has produced a table of the best current players, with as a criterion the number of shots, goals, assists, balls touched in the opponent’s area, or even the expected goals. Here too, Dimitri Payet is doing well by being in the top 10 thanks to his tenth position. Let’s hope that this state of grace of the former French international lasts as long as possible to best help Olympique de Marseille in their season, and why not compete in a World Cup next summer.
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