Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
M. Frendrup of Genoa is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.2, and Pedro Obiang leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Pedro Obiang has improved his Season rating most, up +14.1 on last season, while Charlys's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, P. Masini of Frosinone is the most valuable name in this group at 43.7.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. FrendrupDefensive midfielder |  Genoa | 25 | 41±0% | 77±0% |
| 2 | L. FergusonDefensive midfielder |  Bologna | 27 | 18±0% | 6510.5% |
| 3 | CharlysDefensive midfielder | Inter | 22 | 3561.2% | 593.7% |
| 4 | C. ComottoDefensive midfielder |  AC Milan | 18 | 13 | 57 |
| 5 | Pedro ObiangDefensive midfielder |  Monza | 34 | 3375.4% | 2115.2% |