Mamadou Sangare Scouting Report: Why Liverpool’s Number Six Search May Lead to Lens

Sangare’s 91st percentile tackles and interceptions, 98th percentile recoveries and 95th percentile xT build up make him an intriguing FSG style signing.

When I watched Mamadou Sangare, the first thing I wrote down was not a number. It was simpler than that. He stays in the six position is disciplined in the role he performs for the team.

That might sound almost too basic, but it matters. Liverpool have spent long stretches looking like a team without that natural defensive midfield reference point, the player who sits where you expect him to sit, shields the centre backs, understands danger before it fully forms, and lets the rest of the side breathe.