Enzo Maresca highlights the crucial distinction that explains why Yunus Akgun is playing in midfield for Leicester City.
The Turkish international, who was originally signed on loan from Galatasaray as a right-sided winger, begins in a center position for the Championship match at Norwich.
Yunus Akgun’s tendency to drift inside makes him an option for one of the number eight spots in Leicester City’s system, Enzo Maresca has said.
The Turkish international was handed his second start of the season at Norwich on Wednesday night but rather than on the right wing, where he has spent most of his career, he is playing as one of the number eights. The Galatasaray loanee and Cesare Casadei came in for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Wilfred Ndidi as two of five changes made by Maresca.
Yunus also entered the game against Southampton in the middle of the field. He can play that position since he stands out from Maresca’s team’s other wide players.
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This week, Maresca stated, “He has a strong chance there. He is ultimately a different kind of winger. He is a winger who enjoys entering.
He differs from touchline wingers Abdul (Fatawu), Stephy (Mavididi), and Macca (Kasey McAteer), who are all touchline wingers. They prefer to remain wide. Given that Yunus likes to move inside, we can consider using him as an offensive midfielder.
Yunus’s decision to relocate inside may possibly be a result of City’s limited options in the park’s middle. With Dewsbury-Hall, Casadei, Ndidi, and Dennis Praet as his four number eights, Maresca
was happy with his roster. However, after Praet suffered a major back injury, City sought to add another. They failed in their last-minute attempt to acquire James McAtee from Manchester City; the teenager ended up joining Sheffield United.
