Ferran Torres, the 20-year-old talent from Valencia. Is close to being the next Manchester City signing. Will he be the ideal replacement for David Silva that Guardiola has been looking for?

In the next article made for the newspaper Marca, we Will analyze the fundamentals that makes Ferran the player he is, we Will also add a performance prediction that he might have with the ‘’citizens’’ made by Olocip through artificial intelligence.

FUNDAMENTALS THAT FERRAN TORRES DOMINATES

Block: Mobilize the attack

Fundamental: Generate spaces with advantages for teammates.

Ferran Torres is characterized for his excellent capacity to interpretation for situations that is generated within the game. Product of this characteristics he manages to generate spaces with an advantage for his companions (mainly the coming from the side of his side) with great ease.

Thus, through his actions without the ball, he manages to attract his direct defender, and consequently, creating an advantageous space behind him, which can be attacked by his close teammates.

This fundamental will be especially interesting in those teams looking for a winger profile with mobility, who can participate in both external and internal positions.

Block: Look for information

Fundamental: Orientate body position to start the actions forwards in progression.

On the other hand, his main virtue are actions with the ball, thus using his excellent control of the ball and ability to generate advantageous actions.

In this way, his actions prior to receiving the ball help you gain an advantage in the first contact with it. As a result of this virtue, he manages to initiate vertical actions just at the moment of receiving the ball, in order to take advantage of his excellent conditions with the ball in his control.

An interesting fundamental for wingers who play in teams where they can receive frequent balls to feet.

Block: Utilize Advantages

Fundamental: Fix the wide player in front of possibility of being overlapped.

Another of the qualities to highlight of Ferran Torres when he has the ball under control consist of taking advantage of the situations of equality/ numerical superiority generates in his side lane.

In this way, Ferran manages to attract the defender / defenders with great frequency through his dribbling as a result of this situation, he frees his partner who, at the same time, is joining the attack.

Fundamental of great importance in wingers who play with wings that join the attack frequently.

Block: Utilize advantages

Fundamental: Attack the defender in situations of 1vs1 with a special advantage

As a last basis to analyze, we would like to highlight his excellent ability to generate situation of qualitative advantage.

Thus, through his excellent ability to dribble with the ball in his possession he manages to generate situations of qualitative advantage for his team. In other words, if they have a 1vs1 situation, probably the result of his great quality with the ball, will be an advantage situation for the team. It is a key fundamental for wingers with the ability to overwhelm the direct defender. 

Who is Ferran Torres what Will be of him in the future?

At MBP School we want to offer Marca readers a totally new analysis that merges two types of analysis: a qualitative, in-depth analysis of the player Ferran Torres through the individual fundamentals by position of the MBP method, and a quantitative and predictive on offered by Olocip and its artificial intelligence algorithms.

Olocip uses artificial intelligence collecting data different from the player in terms of quantifiable performance to later contextualize with the the different club to which they are linked (Manchester city, Real Madrid). Then, depending on many variables such as league, club, style of play, teammates, coach etc. offers a prediction of performance in the different phases of the game.

Obviously it cannot be guaranteed 100% that what is predicted will be full filled since the future performance of a player will depend on other variables such as injuries, personal problems, minutes of play, etc. but by carrying out an analysis through artificial intelligence and contextualizing the player in a new environment, the uncertainty and margin of error in decision-making within clubs is significantly reduced.

Our goal is to link those quantitative variables that Olocip has predicted, together with the fundamentals of the game previously analyzed by MBP, and thus offer the Marca reader a totally new, deeper analysis that generates a link between qualitative quality and quantities prediction.

In this case of Ferran Torres, we have compared his data from the current season at Valencia, with the prediction of performance in the two teams to which he has been linked.

Prediction of performance in relation to completed skill moves.

The data in relation to successful dribbles quantify the number of occasions that players manage to overcome a defender while maintaining control of the ball (individually).

As can be seen in the graph, the forecast tells us that his performance in terms of successful dribbles would be notably higher in the event of landing at Manchester City or Real Madrid, in relation to the data obtained this season.

Thus, in the case of Ferran Torres, these data can be directly traded to the rationale for attacking the defender 1vs1 situation with spatial advantage.

Therefore, we can affirm that the game model of his main suitors, according to the prediction in question, could enhance one of the main qualities of Ferran Torres.

Prediction of performance in relation to shots

The data quantifies as shots, which would be those actions in which the player in question made a strike in the direction of goal with the intention of scoring a goal.

Like the data shown above, the prediction shows us that Ferran’s main suitors would be able to increase those obtained in the current season.

Thus, one of Ferran’s aspects to improve, such as his scoring ability, could be improved at clubs such as Manchester City or Real Madrid.

 Prediction of performance in relation to crosses

Finally, we will analyze the data in relation to centers, which are quantified as those actions of the player with the ball from the side lane and towards the central lane through a hit, with the intention that the player who receives the ball can finish the action with a shot on goal.

In this case, we can see that the data for this season would be imposed on those of his suitors (Manchester City and Real Madrid).

In this way, one of the aspects that would condition said data would be the functions, responsibilities, and behaviors of the extremes in each of these teams.

Thus, at Valencia CF, Ferran is used to receiving the ball at his foot on numerous occasions inside lanes, from where he has options to cross. On the other hand, in both Real Madrid and Manchester City, wingers tend to have much more mobility, intervening on numerous occasions in the center lane within the finishing zone.

• Name: Ferran Torres
• Current Team: Valencia CF
• Age: 20
• Market Value: 46.7M € (according to Olocip)

ANALYSIS SUMMARY

• Fundamental: Generate spaces with advantages for teammates.

Capacity to create spaces with advantage for other teammates withing the intervention zone.

• Fundamental: Orientate body position to start the actions forwards in progression.

Capacity to orientate to link up the action dominating the ball with the next action to realize.

• Fundamental: Fix the wide player in front of possibility of being overlapped.

Capacity to generate advantage through a situation equal or superior numbers in lateral channel.

• Fundamental: Attack the defender in situations of 1vs1 with a special advantage

Capacity to beat a player with a skill move with one or many direct opponents.

• Performance prediction: After the predictive performance analysis carried out, we can affirm that Manchester City would be the team that would most enhance the key fundamentals of Ferran Torres.