Former Liverpool player, Jan Molby termed Joe Allen as a ‘modern day’ midfielder, and likened his playing style to that of Barcelona.
The Dane was all praise for the 22-year old after witnessing his impressive performances so far this season. He insisted that the former Swans player made his presence felt during the Reds recent 2-0 defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429.
Liverpool signed the Welsh footballer from Swansea City in July, for an estimated transfer fee of 15 million pounds.
Earlier, the dexterous play-maker proved his mettle at the Liberty Stadium last season, catching the attention of the football world with his outstanding pass conversion rate and sound possession retaining technique.
The boss at Anfield, Brendan Rodgers, who is looking to implement a Barcelona-like playing model at the Merseyside club, is known to be a big supporter of Allen. In fact, the Ulsterman is believed to have orchestrated his move to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809.
Molby, a veteran of 218 league games for the Reds, let out his admiration for the midfielder’s massive impact at the heart of the field.
He opined that Allen and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604-like’ traits.
“In the modern game you've got to have great technique to be able to move the ball away from the opposition at all times,” he told the club’s official website.
“What Allen does above anything else, and it's Barcelona-like, is he moves the ball so quickly.”
The 49-year old was also quick on citing another one of Allen’s specialties. He explained that not only does he play good passes to his team-mates, he also gets into good positions to aid the strikers and contributes towards the team in more than just one
way.
“With Joe it's about moving the ball to the next player as quickly as he can and then always making himself available. A bit like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 when he was here: if you play somebody a pass, you never leave them in trouble,” he added.
Molby further added that Allen will only improve as the season progresses, and was shocked to see him make an instant impression at Anfield.
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