This pass also forces a midfielder to drop deeper to press the receiver. This year’s January transfer window has been and will be, no different. He is also strong both in and out of possession. The January transfer window has been open for around 15 days now, and with 15 still to go, there could well be more movement than we have seen thus far. This, in turn, created space for two of his teammates in dangerous positions, which they could then exploit. We can see him being pressed by both N’Golo Kanté and Mateo Kovačić. As Soumaré intercepts the ball in this image, he plays it back out to the Lille winger, Renato Sanches. On first glance, it is fairly obvious that Soumaré does not come close to doing the same volume of work that Pogba does, both with and without the ball. They had hoped to begin a counter-attack by attempting to find the attacker, seen furthest away from the Montpellier box in this image, with a long-ball. A Lille player picks up possession of the ball and subsequently begins a counter-attack. The most high-profile deals of the window have seen Gedson Fernandes move from Benfica to Tottenham Hotspur and The player in question here is Lille midfielder and French under-21 international Soumaré has been described to the general public as "Shown below is a radar comparison of Soumaré and Pogba, using averages across their careers. His dribbling ability is a useful asset in the transition from defence to attack. We can see that Lille have got an attacking midfielder positioned between Monaco’s midfield and defensive lines. Soumare plays mostly as a defensive midfielder. When allowed space and given time to face the opposition goal, he can hurt teams. Soumaré spots this, however he has got a Monaco player, along with a teammate in between him and the attacking midfielder, who is circled in this image. Soumaré generally plays with a calmness on the ball. In the above graph, we have a plot of passing accuracy (in % of attempted passes completed) vs. the number of passes completed (per 90 minutes).Soumaré stands out here, quite prominently, in the 'high volume, high accuracy' quadrant and, in fact, in an elite band within the quadrant which also comprises Arsenal youngster His pass accuracy of 90.2% and completed passes per game of 50.97 are among the highest on this list, even more impressive when taking into consideration the fact that he does not play in a team whose philosophy is built around ball retention, and is above the likes of Potentially the only weakness in Soumaré's game, however, is illustrated above. From the radar of positive actions, we can further see that Pogba makes far more tackles, takes more shots and wins more aerial duels than his compatriot, whose game is centred around other things.Looking at the radar of negative actions, once again, it is glaringly obvious that Soumaré is by far the 'cleaner' of the two, by which it means that he is extremely adept at ensuring that he does not influence the game negatively, even if he is not actively contributing going forward.Soumaré is one of a talented crop of youngsters who have graduated from Paris Saint-Germain's youth academy and gone on to find pastures anew. Boubakary Soumaré, who played the full 90 in both meetings with Chelsea earlier this season, is the latest in a long line of talented players who have made their breakthroughs at Lille. This player is circled in the image above. Following this tackle, the ball makes its way onto the right side of midfield. Soumaré spots this pass and uses an impressive and intelligent technique to find the player.