The Express cites Gazzetta dello Sport as claiming that the 26-year-old is “very popular” with Everton transfer officials with his club Udinese valuing Rodrigo at around £17million. When using Comparisonator’s Similarity Comparison tool, West Ham United’s former Everton loan man Kurt Zouma is deemed to be the closest Premier League player in style to him with a match of 79%. When applying a virtual transfer to the Premier League and measuring Rodrigo against centre-backs already operating in the English top flight, his figures aren’t exactly eye-catching. He makes the top 10 among his peers for defensive actions, coming in at eighth with 20.17 per game but drops to 18 th for successful defensive actions on 15. Tarkowski is also the leading performer in the Premier League for interceptions (9.22) a category in which Rodrigo would rank just 56 th with 5.06.

Source: Express June 08, 2022 01:42 UTC