2011/2012 summer transfer window team – Wingers (Part 1)
In modern day football, the concept of wingers has changed. The traditional wingers are famous for throwing in crosses and helping the team on the flanks; however, the wingers these days make a run towards the midfield to add a man in the centre of the pitch
and to add up a striker up front.
As football has evolved, the concept of central wingers has come into being. Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Lionel Messi are all central wingers as they do not stick to the side lines; in fact, they cut in and help the team in scoring goals from the centre.
At first, left footed players performed on the left flank while the right footed players performed on the right. However, now it is the opposite. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, who is a left footed player, started his career from being a right winger. From there he used
to take advantage of his stronger left foot and curled the ball in towards the goal.
In the same way, Andres Iniesta and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 play their part on the left wing just like Cristiano Ronaldo plays on the left for Real Madrid. In the same way, most of the wingers these days have changed and wingers need to be versatile as “throwing crosses”
is not the only thing that they are supposed to do.
In this summer transfer window, a lot of important wingers changed their clubs to prove their worth elsewhere.
The Udinese star Alexis Sanchez showed a lot of skill on the flank as he performed in the Italian Serie A. He was player who completed most dribbles and he was also the player who helped Udinese qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season.
Alexis Sanchez was on the radar of many big European clubs as he was often being compared to the Portuguese captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 – who was having an outstanding season with the Spanish club Real Madrid.
Alexis Sanchez played for Udinese and then after the season ended, he had to join the Chilean squad in the Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926
but on any other ground in the world.
While giving out exemplary performance for the Chilean team and Udinese, Sanchez came under the radar of the Spanish and European Champions Barcelona – who change their attacking trio every season.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 showing so much skill on the ball, Josep Guardiola decided to add him to the squad. However, he was not cheap and cost the Spanish Champions a lot of cash.
The deal between the two parties was worth 26 million Euros plus certain bonuses.
Sanchez appeared 33 times for Udinese throughout the previous season and he scored 12 goals. After these outstanding performances, he managed to become a part of a team which is considered to be one of the best in the world – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
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