Andrey Santos: WTF?
The Brazilian's output makes no sense. Or does it?
We surveyed our readers recently - thanks to everyone who responded, you're wonderful - and as a result we're making some (minor) tweaks to Monday Night SCOUTED. I love the toggle feature on the new website, but it does not translate well to email. So, in order to avoid putting you off with the barrage of numbers I use to scratch my brain on a Monday morning, we'll dive straight into the featured story instead.
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- Breaking down the head-scratching output of Andrey Santos
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Andrey Santos, the anomaly
Andrey Santos is having a freaky season. In the best way.
The Brazilian provided multiple assists in a single game for the first time in his senior career at the weekend, setting up both Strasbourg goals in their 2-2 draw against Nice. He now has nine goals and three assists in 27 Ligue 1 games in 2024/25. This is why I wanted to write about him. Straight away, I had two ‘tests’ in mind. The first: the box-to-box evaluation.
