New home: Chelsea fans will be thrilled by OscarIt is dangerous to judge a player based solely on 90 minutes’ lazy couch scouting, but in few players is talent more apparent than 20-year-old Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior – or simply Oscar.?
Chelsea’s ￡25m summer acquisition looks as complete an attacking playmaker you can find – at least based on the Olympics semi-final between South Korea and Brazil. While possessing pace, vision, great passing and a hint of artistry – what South American forward doesn’t? – the Brazilian stands out in one particular area; intelligence. No pass is wasted and, wherever possible, the solutions are progressive and constructive.
To make a comparison, Oscar’s qualities remind of Tottenham’s Luka Modri?. This particularly goes for his rare ability to be a creative and?economic passer. With that notion he shares the rationality many deep-lying playmakers have – Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Paul Scholes – but while applying them closer to goal. Mesut ?zil of Real Madrid shares this trait, though the German rarely dictates tempo like Oscar does.
Oscar can spray passes form deep too. In the match against South Korea, which Brazil won 3-0, he occasionally drifted near the centre-backs, particularly towards the end, to spray several precise passes into the final third. His passing range is wide and varied. If there are no progressive solutions, he keeps it simple. If they are, he sees them, and executes them.
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How will he fit Chelsea? As a player type, Oscar looks perfect. The only apparent problem is the similarity with Juan Mata; both are playmakers preferring to dictate and create from a central position, whose qualities would be diminished in a wider role. Although untested in the Premiership, Oscar appears the better at this, while Mata may be stronger at dribbling and threatening the goal directly.
Oscar’s arrival is also timely considering Chelsea’s other signings. The two wingers, Eden Hazard and Marko Marin, are likely to be highly ambitious whenever on the ball; some times they will succeed, other times they will fail. With such loss of possession, having a relatively economic player nearby ensures a necesarry balance between penetration and ball retention. Possibly, Oscar could also play in a deeper midfield role, though his slight physicality may make that problematic – particularly “on a cold January night at Stoke”.
Wherever he plays, it would be surprising if Oscar flops. While the Premiership may be tough, is has been a hotbed for small, intelligent playmakers over the last years, Mata, Silva, Fabregas and Modri? to name a few. Crucially, excellent decision-making and intelligence has been central to their success – more ‘reckless’ players like Luis García and Robinho have tended to struggle more – and Oscar has this in abundance. The Premier League is ready for another little genius to emerge.
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