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Replace Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly

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 Metz would lose

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

Goals

0

Assists

2

G+A

2

Shots

8

SoT

4

Crosses

14

Fouls won

16

Tackles won

13

Interceptions

3

Attack

27

Creation

62

Progression

49

Role score

42

Transfer fit

48

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Real Madrid · La Liga · Creative Winger · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (76.95383193782452%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+11); 1 years younger.

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Samuel Mbangula

Werder Bremen · Bundesliga · Creative Winger · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (76.96661467577874%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+8); 5 years younger.

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Celta Vigo · La Liga · Creative Winger · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (77.2667596685751%); tactical fit is good; 5 years younger.

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Lyon · Ligue 1 · Inside Forward · Age 19

Strong stylistic match (77.58155903455156%); tactical fit is workable; cheaper by ~€900K; 8 years younger.

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Manchester City · Premier League · Creative Winger · Age 23

Reasonable profile overlap (70.19012621393048%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+25); 4 years younger.

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Wolves · Premier League · Inside Forward · Age 30

Reasonable profile overlap (72.2789161723771%); tactical fit is good.

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Celta Vigo · La Liga · Creative Winger · Age 22

Reasonable profile overlap (73.48666993644702%); tactical fit is good; 5 years younger.

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Mohamed Ali Cho

Nice · Ligue 1 · Creative Winger · Age 22

Reasonable profile overlap (69.44290261221728%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+18); 5 years younger.

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Brenden Aaronson

Leeds United · Premier League · Creative Winger · Age 25

Reasonable profile overlap (66.67204624726985%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+13); 2 years younger.

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Paris FC · Ligue 1 · Creative Winger · Age 27

Reasonable profile overlap (62.274708456079345%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+31).

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West Ham United · Premier League · Creative Winger · Age 28

Reasonable profile overlap (64.70314911515354%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+13).

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Wolfsburg · Bundesliga · Creative Winger · Age 20

Reasonable profile overlap (68.51141932888956%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+8); 7 years younger.

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Charles De Ketelaere

Atalanta · Serie A · Creative Winger · Age 25

Reasonable profile overlap (64.81993411740466%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+16); 2 years younger.

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Torino · Serie A · Creative Winger · Age 25

Reasonable profile overlap (63.90989286653788%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+16); 2 years younger.

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Auxerre · Ligue 1 · Creative Winger · Age 24

Reasonable profile overlap (65.49867469616491%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+13); cheaper by ~€4.6M; 3 years younger.

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Nikola Vlašić

Torino · Serie A · Creative Winger · Age 28

Reasonable profile overlap (64.92208014075686%); tactical fit is good.

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Gianluca Gaetano

Cagliari · Serie A · Creative Winger · Age 26

Reasonable profile overlap (65.81266608984237%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€3.9M; 1 years younger.

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Real Sociedad · La Liga · Creative Winger · Age 29

Reasonable profile overlap (61.891591513940405%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+26).

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