Malo Gusto - A Blue- Scout Report

Chelsea have agreed to pay £26.3m plus add-ons for the services of 19-year-old Malo Gusto. Gusto becomes the latest signing after Joao Felix,Mykhailo Mudryk,Benoit Badiashile,David Datro Fofana,Noni Madueke, and Andrey Santos. He signed for seven and a half year deal at Stamford Bridge, but he will spend remainder of the 2022-23 season on loan at Lyon.

The 19 year old will provide  long term competition to Reece James,who missed the majority this season through injury.

We will dive into who Malo Gusto is.

Malo started his early career playing for ASVF, before he joined Olympique Lyonnais as an Under-14. Malo signed his first professional contract with the French club in December 2021. He made his professional debut in January 2021,replacing Bruno Guimaeres.

Style of play

Gusto is usually deployed as a right-back.He is a team player, possessing as an ability to hold up the play. In building up attack from the behind, he is able to stretch the play, and is available for deep switches and quick one two passes. He is able to rotate in a system in wide triangles, when the team is attacking in the final third.

His threats are from the deep, when he overlaps with the ball, but he can be caught a little too deep.

The 2022/23 season

Looking at his heatmap for this season, in which he played 15 games, we can see that he has been deployed as a right wing-back, with the tendency to make overlapping runs on the right wing. The bright yellow spot indicates where he made his actions in the form of defensive contributions,  passes,  assists, and so on.

We will deep dive into his actions to see more about him.

Defensive Contributions

Tackles

Interceptions

Ball Recoveries

Passes

Pass Map

Crosses

Assists

Chances Creation