Issue number 101 of the CIES Football Observatory Big-5 Weekly Post presents the rankings of the best performing players among new signings per area of the game. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) tops the table for chance creation ahead of Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea).
At the head of the other rankings are Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) for rigour, Walter Gargano (Napoli) for recovery, Xabi Alonso (Bayern Munich) for distribution, Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen) for take on and Diego Costa (Chelsea) for shooting.
The following big-5 league rookies are to be found in the top 12 positions for five out of the six areas of play taken into account:
Rigour
Recovery
Take on
Chance creation
Shooting
Please refer to this paper if you want to know more about the exclusive approach of the CIES Football Observatory for sustainable success.
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