Seydou Doumbia is one of several players that have been linked with a move to both Arsenal and Chelsea. Here, we take a look at 5 things you need to know about the CSKA Moscow striker who has scored 16 goals in the Russian league this season.
Seydou Doumbia signed for Russian club, CSKA Moscow in the winter of 2010 haven moved from BSC Young Boys in the Swiss league. In his first season as a player of the Russian club, he scored 12 goals in 18 appearances; which is not a bad return. The following season saw the prolific Ivorian forward score a whopping 37 goals in 55 appearances for his club; making him the highest goal scorer in the whole of Europe at that time.
The season after was not as productive for the 26 year old as he was side-lined by injury for a long time; however, he was able to score 4 goals in 9 appearances.
According to whoscored.com, Doumbia has a 76.5% pass completion rate, which is not a bad return; even though that can be improved upon especially if he is considering joining a team like Arsenal.
However, he is not lagging behind in terms of his ability to make strong passes as his rating is very high on whoscored.com. Arsenal could hope to benefit from this area of his game as they have a lot of players who love to move into key positions in the team.
One area Arsenal have suffered a great deal this season is in goal scoring, and the Ivorian international could be a great asset in that regard. In the past 3 seasons, Doumbia has scored a total of 57 goals in 80 appearances for his Russian club. He is one of the massively underrated strikers in the world, with the Daily Mail claiming that he is not even the first choice on the transfer lists of both Arsenal and Chelsea.
Doumbia also has a strong dribbling ability, good passing ability, and has the ability to hold on to the ball, which is another area we could benefit from. He will not doubt represent an upgrade on what we have at the moment.
Doumbia, however, rates very low in terms of his aerial ability and in his ability to support the team in defending.
Seydou Doumbia signed for Russian club, CSKA Moscow in the winter of 2010 haven moved from BSC Young Boys in the Swiss league. In his first season as a player of the Russian club, he scored 12 goals in 18 appearances; which is not a bad return. The following season saw the prolific Ivorian forward score a whopping 37 goals in 55 appearances for his club; making him the highest goal scorer in the whole of Europe at that time.
The season after was not as productive for the 26 year old as he was side-lined by injury for a long time; however, he was able to score 4 goals in 9 appearances.
According to whoscored.com, Doumbia has a 76.5% pass completion rate, which is not a bad return; even though that can be improved upon especially if he is considering joining a team like Arsenal.
However, he is not lagging behind in terms of his ability to make strong passes as his rating is very high on whoscored.com. Arsenal could hope to benefit from this area of his game as they have a lot of players who love to move into key positions in the team.
One area Arsenal have suffered a great deal this season is in goal scoring, and the Ivorian international could be a great asset in that regard. In the past 3 seasons, Doumbia has scored a total of 57 goals in 80 appearances for his Russian club. He is one of the massively underrated strikers in the world, with the Daily Mail claiming that he is not even the first choice on the transfer lists of both Arsenal and Chelsea.
Doumbia also has a strong dribbling ability, good passing ability, and has the ability to hold on to the ball, which is another area we could benefit from. He will not doubt represent an upgrade on what we have at the moment.
Doumbia, however, rates very low in terms of his aerial ability and in his ability to support the team in defending.
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