I’m trying to think of anyone in midfield we’ve had who’s had any genuine sprinters’ pace, going back to the start of this century.
Foden when he plays there which hasn’t been often in his career… then… Yaya on his big bouncing runs forward… that’s about it!
Kovačić
Perrone
Phillips
Rodri
BSilva
Delph
Gündoğan
de Bruyne
Lampard
Fernando
Fernandinho
García
Rodwell
Nasri
Hargreaves
Milner
DSilva
Vieira
de Jong
Barry
Elano
Fernandes
Giovani
Ireland
Johnson
Hamman
Dhabo
Musampa
McManaman
Reyna
Bosvelt
Negouai
Sun
Barton
Berkovic
Benarbia
Håland
Whitley
Horlock
(am I missing anyone?)
…none of them have/had any genuine pace, some have some speed (de Bruyne) but not sprinters’ speed.