The Evolution of Football have seen the defensive midfield player become a key part of the game.

This players wear their hearts on their sleeve’s for their teams, winning key battles in Midfield and Breaking up opponents attacking moves.

This players don’t usually get huge recognitions compared to goal scorers and wide forwards in the team, but the reality is that, they are the Unsung heroes in the team.

With the suspension of football as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic, legitgoal tries to lift the Spirit’s of football fans across the world by Ranking the Top three Defensive Midfielders in Africa.

3. Idrissa Gueye



Idrissa Gueye has matured into a more complete player since his move away from Everton.

The Senegal international now plays his trade with French Football Side PSG, and has been impressive since making the move to the French Champions.

Gueye is a tough tackling midfielder who reads the game and breaks oppositions attacking moves effectively.

He has become a key core in the PSG midfied ever since making his debut and also an important Player for Senegal.

Gueye boast a 91.2 passing percent accuracy this season and although he turns 31 next year, he’s still one of the best in the world when it comes to winning tackles and shielding the back four.



2. Wilfred Ndidi



Ndidi has been a revelation since making his debut for Leicester City on 5th January, 2017 in a 2-1 victory against Everton.

Some football fans rates Ndidi as the best tackler in the premier league and the Nigerian international stats are very much up to the hype.

This season in all competitions Ndidi has averaged 32 appearances scoring 2 goals and providing 1 assist.

Ndidi also boats a shot per game rate of 0.8 and has a passing accuracy of 94.1% which demonstrates his effective use of the ball

In terms of Discipline, Ndidi has picked up 3 yellow cards and has been named man of the match on three occasions.

Ndidi is a Summer transfer target for Arsenal FC and Mikel Arteta could folk out a huge sum of $40m in the summer to get his man.

The Nigerian international is also a key man in the Super Eagles squad forming a double pivot in the middle of the park alongside Oghenekaro Etebo in Rhor’s Midfied.

An impressive player to keep an eye on after the Coronavirus pandemic.

1. Thomas Partey



Athletico Coach Diego Simione, is very much known for his hard, rugged style of football and one player he depends on to produce his tactical instructions effectively on the pitch is Ghanian international Thomas Partey.

Partey sits in front of the back four of the Athletico defense and has improved very much as a player since joining the Spanish giants.

Partey forms a double pivot alongside Koke and Saul in the Middle of the park for Simone and his hard drilled midfield makes it very difficult for opposition attackers to find space between his midfield and defense.

The Ghanian international has averaged 38 appearances this season for club and country and has picked up 13 yellow card, wining 5 Man of the Match awards.

He also wins 1.6% of his Aerial Dules and is yet to be sent off the pitch this season which shows how disciplined he his.

Partey is currently on of the World best holding Midfielder in the world and the best in Africa and at 26 years of age, a big future lies ahead of him.

Source: https://legitgoal.com/2020/04/18/ranking-the-top-five-defensive-midfielders-in-africa-ndidi-is-number-2/

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