French football has been full of talent in recent years, and many stars of hope have received the attention of big teams. And the 22-year-old Bubakar Kamala, who was born in 1999, has been rumored with major clubs in every transfer window in the past two years. This summer, it seems, it's finally time for the scandal to become a reality. B. Camara, a dual French and Senegalese citizen, grew up on the streets of Marseille, joined the Marseille youth academy at the age of 5 and was promoted to the first team in the 2017/18 season.
Camara has made more than 150 appearances for Marseille so far, becoming the second youngest player in Marseille's history to reach a milestone of 150 official matches at the age of 22 years and 82 days (the first is Nasri's 20 years and 236 days), and has been an indispensable midfield core of the team in recent seasons. His outstanding performance in the past two years has also allowed him to be selected for the latest edition of the French national team squad (Kamala's previous statement that he is willing to play for Senegal seems to have played a role)
Kamala profile
Kamala, who is 184 cm tall, is a right-footed player who is currently priced at 27.5 million euros. Kamala is from the centre-back, but in the past two years he has played more of a role at the back of the team, in addition to being able to play the position of right forward, and is a good all-rounder at the back. This season, Camara has been able to contribute to the defensive end of the performance of averaging 2.1 steals and 1.3 interceptions per game, and is an indispensable mainstay of the team. And in the offensive end of the 48 appearances, contributing 1 goal and 1 assist, obviously as a defensive priority player, attack is not his first job, but this does not mean that Kamala is a player who is difficult to put into the attack, he still has a good ability to help the team.
As a scarce player in football in recent years, Kamala's contract will expire in June, Arsenal, Manchester United, Atletico and other teams have expressed strong interest, and Lonnick has proposed the need to buy Kamala to strengthen the Manchester United midfield in the winter window. Kamala's future is expected to be conclusive in these two weeks. We can understand the characteristics of this player from some lenses:
1. All-round ball grabbing machine
The defensive end is precisely down
As a defender, Kamala has excellent steals and interception skills, as well as a very good sense of position. On the field, he will use his body more to card slots and use the ability to read defense to help him complete the defense, and the defensive ability is very good. He also has good explosiveness and physical fitness, which can help him complete tasks such as return defense relatively well, but he may be slightly inferior when facing opponents with both physical and strong strength. Kamala's excellent ability to cut and judge can also be seen in the above clips
Good sense of defensive position
In addition to the decisive and precise footing, Kamala's selection of positions in defense is also first-class, and has the ability to turn from defense to attack after interception.
2. Fair offensive and defensive conversion ability
Good ability to shoot the ball
Kamala has a good ability to shoot the ball, and can use his excellent dribbling and passing on the field to help the team quickly turn from defense to attack. He excels at helping the team quickly get into the attack by dribbling or passing from steals. Whether it is a long pass or a short pass, his success rate is very good. Kamala is a backcourt player who can organize and defend. But in the face of a higher intensity of defense, his ability to carry the ball and the ability to shoot the ball need to be improved, and it may take a certain amount of time to adapt when landing in a league with a higher rhythm and intensity in the Premier League.
Help the team move from defense to attack
Kamala's ability to quickly dribble and deliver the ball after a steal to help the team turn from defense to attack is a scarce resource in today's high-level oppression of football.
Future conjecture
At the national team level, Kamala has been selected for the latest national team roster, officially playing for france, choosing a more competitive but closer to the highest honor of the national team, I hope Kamala can be selected for the final World Cup roster as desired. However, from a rational point of view, with the French team of Joan Ameni, Kante, Camaranga and Guendozi, Kamara really needs to seize the opportunity to do it, and I personally feel that it is difficult to be selected.
At the club level, there are too many teams interested in Kamala, and Manchester United, Atletico, Arsenal, Villa and so on are interested in signing. Personally, I think that Kamala has indeed reached the time to log on to a higher level of the league, but he has a wait-and-see attitude towards his performance in the Premier League, and I personally believe that his confrontational advantage may not be fully reflected in the Premier League, and the ability to mature the conversion still needs time to be further improved under high pressure. In higher-intensity leagues, Camara may only be able to focus on the defensive end of the job, it is difficult to ask for more, the team needs to be equipped with a midfielder with combing ability to play a greater role. As a barrier in front of the defender, I believe that Kamala can still deliver a satisfactory answer. Overall, Kamala is a scarce player in contemporary football and hopes to grow better