Tyler Adams

Adams hunts the ball rather than waiting for it to arrive, closing down passing lanes with a work rate that regularly forces opponents into the rushed pass rather than the composed one they wanted. That intensity is not limited to central midfield either, since he has filled in at full back on both sides without the team losing much defensive structure at all. Leipzig built parts of their pressing identity around exactly that willingness to sprint into areas most midfielders would rather leave alone.

The United States trusted him with the captaincy at a World Cup partly because he demands the same standard from teammates that he holds himself to. Fitness has been the recurring theme of his time in England, with muscle problems interrupting runs of form just as he looked settled. Bournemouth need the version of him that plays thirty five league games, not the one who plays ten brilliant ones.