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Manchester United summer transfer target Crysencio Summerville ranks inside the top 1 per cent of all players for taking opponents on. His metrics are that impressive, he ranks second worldwide in Machine Football’s ‘Direct 7 archetype,’ which measures how effective a player is at driving directly at defenders and carrying the ball into dangerous areas.

Across 2,707 domestic league minutes last season, the 24-year-old Dutchman scored five goals and registered one assist for a struggling West Ham United. His estimated transfer value sits around £36.5M, with wages near £43,500 a week. The Reds are being quoted a £50m fee to sign the Dutch international this summer, £13.5M above that valuation.

Machine Football’s analysis shows that Summerville would shift United toward a more direct, dribble-heavy style, with offensive duels and ball carries expected to rise sharply, while box touches are expected to edge upward. His pressing profile also lifts the defensive picture, where aggression is expected to climb notably.

However, with aggressive pressing and ball-carrying, there’d be fewer forward passes, and final-third entries are expected to fall. When you weigh up the transfer fee and output in the final third, Machine Football advises caution, rating it a tentative buy.

Supercomputer Machine Football analyses billions of bits of football data to predict player performance, transfers and match outcomes.