Believe it or not, Barcelona has performed better with Busquets than without him. After much hyped signing of Argentinean captain Javier Mascherano, Busquets’ place at Barcelona’s starting 11 was threatened, but after few matches, it seems that Mascherano has not yet adapted to Barcelona’s game. However, these are early days to predict anything, but I focus this article on Busquets, not about Mascherano. So, what does Busquets brings to Barcelona’s game? Most importantly, what does he bring that Mascherano doesn’t?
In my opinion, Mascherano is the best destroyer in the world right now. But the problem is that it’s not the role Busquets plays. The latter’s role can be defined as a future model of the “Makelele role.” It’ll include winning the ball back, make simple passes to the other centre midfielders, keeping the defensive posture, and most importantly, build up attacks from the back.
