Will the winger be transformed into a fullback? Will this be the future trend in football?

Regarding the wingers transforming fullbacks, this is a common phenomenon in football, and many teams have been doing this before. I won't list the examples that are too far away, I will only talk about the more typical examples in the past twenty years.

Kuyt. Kuyt is not just a winger transforming a fullback. He transformed from a forward to a winger, and then transformed from a winger to a defender. His career has undergone a significant transformation from front to back.

Because he has a good interception awareness, active fighting and abundant physical fitness, playing as a full-back is a very suitable choice and can play the role of a player.

As you get older, your physical confrontation will decline and your shooting efficiency will be more helpful for the team.

Navas. Navas was a winger when he was young and played on the right wing at Manchester City. The best thing was his cross, which was very threatening and his breakthrough and dribbling were very distinctive.

As old, his explosive power declined, and his ability to dribble was insufficient, Navas transformed and played as a right back.

In this position, Navas also showed world-class strength, just as outstanding. The choices of interception, fighting and stealing are all very good, and the defensive end has brought many contributions to the team.

Ashley Young. When he was young, Ashley Young also played as a winger. He played in the forward, winger and other positions. He was also relatively fast and had a strong style of play, which was very distinctive. As he gets older, he has also transformed and played as a defender and has been playing very well.

He is full of energy and does not look tired when he shuttles up and down twice. He can also help his teammates through his own sense of experience.

Another teammate of his time at Manchester United, Valencia, also played as a full-back, and there was also the situation where the winger transformed into a full-back.

Let's put it together here.

Cudrado. Now Cuadrado is also a full-back. When he was young, he was also a winger and a player with good skills. After transforming into a defender, he performed well, which greatly continued his career.

His defensive awareness, sense of position and enthusiasm for interception are all very good, which also gives him the ability to play as a full-back.

In the transformation of football positions, the one that is relatively smooth will be the transformation of the winger into a full-back. This is a transformation path with a relatively high success rate. It is relatively easier than the forwards' transformation into midfield and the back midfield and the middle guard.

mainly because the wingers and fullbacks play similarly, and the required functional adaptability is relatively similar. All of them need good physical fitness, speed, sense of position, interception, people-to-peer tracking, technology, dribbling and other details. All of them have such skills to take up this position.

There may be changes, which may be the physical confrontation and technical details. Due to the decline in explosive power, the winger's extraordinary and dribbling agility will be less sensitive than when he was young. This will not affect the function of the full-back too much.

The full-back's task is still defense. If he can't pass the offensive end, it will not be too damaging, which will have any impact on the team.

The offensive efficiency is poor and return to defense is a suitable choice.

In addition, for players, their adaptability is not that complicated. The vision and observation of the side road will not be as numerous as the middle road. You must listen to all directions and take into account the surroundings.

on the side, his vision only needs to be focused on one side, and he doesn't have to think about things that are as complicated as the midfielder.

The tasks are relatively pure and do not need to take too much into account, which makes the transformation reduce many errors and has a high fault tolerance rate. Players are used to playing, and they will be more adaptable to playing if they want to change.

On the football field, the fullback position is more suitable for new players to play. If you have poor skills and limited abilities, you can start from the full-back first, and gradually become familiar with the ability improvement, and you will have good development in the future.

Anyway, the important task of defense is central defenders, goalkeepers and midfielders, and the full-backs can be assisted.

Of course, there is still a very interesting change in the football world now. I will also talk about it here. The birth of the "left and midfielder tactics" is also to stimulate the development of full-backs. Many coaches will boldly make plans to transform the defenders.

During this period, the system of high-level pressing, oppression and three central defenders has become more and more mature. The organizational starting point of many teams is no longer the frontcourt but the backcourt. More and more teams are assigned to the backcourt or even the central defenders to initiate it, so as to open up the opponent's space.

Compared to players who are purely playing fullbacks, the winger has another advantage in transforming fullbacks, which is that he has offensive prediction and will have more experience in the timing of offensive action.

Usually the coach chooses the winger to serve as a full-back and wingback, and also pays attention to the players' offensive ability.

can defend when retreating, and can also organize, respond and teleport when attacking. If necessary, form a series with the team's mid- and backcourt teammates, and use short pass penetration to tear open the opponent's encirclement.

Compared to the past, the importance of full-backs is much greater than before, and the tactical weight is even greater than before.

In the future, football wingers will transform fullbacks into full-backs, and I think it will not only be a trend, but will most likely become a "trend". When a player reaches a certain age, he will slowly retreat and retreat from the frontcourt to the backcourt to play.

This comprehensive ability, as well as tactical arrangements, is also the source of rapid progress in football.

I believe that the setting of football formation position will be more vague in the future. It is not ruled out that players will play guest appearances in many different positions in their careers to help the team.