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no, I don't think Sheva could be seen as that since Sheva was an all-around striker at Milan and was free to roam all over the field and wasn't constraint to the flanks ... Although, come to think of it, right now Mancini is increasingly being used at Roma more as a striker rather than his usual role on the wings.
What I mean by a Mancini-type of player is someone who could operate all over the right flang - a right wing-back and/or a right wing - players like Giuly in Barca, Farfan in PSV, Mancini in Cappelo's Roma, C. ronaldo in Portuguese NT, etc.
These are players who give you both pace and width in attack and can help the team go quickly from defence into attack and back ... a player like Serginho was for us on the left before Carlo started using him exclusively as an attacking LB.
The main idea of having such players is not to change our formation altogether but be able to employ more flexible tactics and adjust our formation looking for the most effective one - from 4-3-1-2 to 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-2-1 to 3-4-1-2 and dif variations - depending on our opponent and their style of play.
right now we don't have such a player in the team and with Sergio likely to leave soon, same could be said for the left side in midfield too.
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