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Abdulhamid Saud is a new Roma player. The right-back defensive player arrives from Al Hilal, has already landed in the capital and will be the surprise reinforcement for Daniele De Rossi. But what kind of player is Roberto Mancini’s Saudi Arabia international? We went to ask a great Saudi football expert like Nicola Innocentinwho shared much of Mancini’s professional history as a coach and who until a few months ago was the transfer market man for Al Fateh in the Saudi Pro League. “He’s a relatively young player, he’s dynamic, he has good pace. Physically he needs to be structured, he’s not very big but he’s slender and at a European level he’ll have to strengthen his muscles”
Tactically what kind of player is he?
“He can give great support to the offensive maneuver, he has the characteristics of a fluidifier rather than a full-back-defender. But from what Mancini also told me, he is an intelligent player and good tactically, with De Rossi he can improve a lot”.
An important move not only technically
“There is a great relationship between Roma and Riyad Season, as highlighted by the shirt sponsor: Saudi Arabia is also interested in exporting its players. It is to be understood how much Roma needed a player with these characteristics but, net of the initial intention, Abdulhamid Saud is undoubtedly an interesting player”.