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Replace Arsène Kouassi

Statistically similar 2025/26 players based on per-90 output, defensive activity, role group and tactical fit. Estimated fees are not official market values — model-derived estimates from public football data.

What Lorient would lose

Profile being replaced — public football data, model-derived role scores.

Goals

2

Assists

6

G+A

8

Shots

9

SoT

5

Crosses

119

Fouls won

53

Tackles won

18

Interceptions

24

Attack

39

Creation

70

Progression

82

Role score

59

Transfer fit

67

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Pisa · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (86.06090485504521%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+8); cheaper by ~€6.1M.

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Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida

Valencia · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (84.82573443495856%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€3.2M.

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Hamburger SV · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (83.37460602619608%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+12); cheaper by ~€6.7M.

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Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest · Premier League · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (78.7655532721534%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+15).

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Monaco · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (77.33641608399115%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+25).

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Mainz 05 · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (85.89842799085386%); tactical fit is workable; cheaper by ~€9.3M.

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Jan-Niklas Beste

Freiburg · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (77.76912600275904%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+22); cheaper by ~€3.4M.

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Valentín Barco

Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 21

Reasonable profile overlap (74.64613081636458%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+20).

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Nicola Zalewski

Atalanta · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (76.29053486310052%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+20).

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Roma · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (76.295831715389%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+12).

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Elche · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (75.16569461867184%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+14); cheaper by ~€5.7M.

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Levante · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (76.43222735045286%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+8); cheaper by ~€9M.

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Santiago Colombatto

Oviedo · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 29

Strong stylistic match (79.75220366106663%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€7.8M.

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Tommaso Barbieri

Cremonese · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (76.83620903305915%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€7M.

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Stuttgart · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (75.09339550858006%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+13).

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Maximilian Arnold

Wolfsburg · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 31

Strong stylistic match (79.10395950107632%); tactical fit is workable; cheaper by ~€6.7M.

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Espanyol · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Reasonable profile overlap (74.13232282732841%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+11); cheaper by ~€100K.

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Alavés · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (76.29076162385496%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+10); cheaper by ~€7.6M.

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