Noussair Mazraoui

Mazraoui plays right back or left back for Manchester United and treats both positions with the same quiet discipline, tucking inside to form an extra body in midfield the moment his side has the ball. That positioning lets United build attacks through areas a conventional back four would leave short-handed. He rarely gets caught upfield either, because his sense of when to hold his position rather than chase the ball is unusually sharp for a full back.

The trade-off is that positional discipline like this rarely produces the moments supporters remember afterwards. Mazraoui sets up the platform for somebody else to finish the move, and his contribution often gets credited to the player receiving the pass rather than the one who created the space. Watch how often United's attacks actually start with him quietly recycling possession in a crowded area nobody else wanted to occupy.