Chelsea Loanee Aina Reveals His Two Tactical Deficiencies, Inspired By Real Madrid Star

Published: September 22, 2018

Ola Aina's transfer from Chelsea to Torino has been an important step in his development as he has been given the chance to play on a regular basis in one of the top five leagues in Europe.

The Super Eagle has shown his versatility in his first four games in the Italian topflight, playing as a right wing-back and left wing-back in two games each.

Aina has revealed that he is inspired by Real Madrid's Marcelo, who is widely regarded as the best left-sided defender in the world.

After 56 games as a professional, the versatile defender has provided only one assist and he has admitted that it's one of the two areas he has to improve.

''Tactically I think I have to improve still in the assists and in the implementation phase,'' Aina told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"I am inspired by Marcelo, I started from pure wing and then I became a defender, but naturally I do what the coach explains to me and asks me."

Aina is in line to be called up to the Nigeria squad for their AFCON qualifiers double-header against Libya after recovering from a muscle complaint.

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