Best Alternatives to Mohammed Salisu

Top 3 Alternatives to Mohammed Salisu

1. 1.Nayef Aguerd87% DNA match·Olympique Marseille€35.0M
2. 2.Moussa Niakhaté86% DNA match·Olympique Lyonnais€15.0M
3. 3.William Saliba85% DNA match·Arsenal€90.0M

Ranked by AI DNA similarity — 768 dimensions across playing style, pressing intensity, and tactical fit.

Playing Style Analysis

A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, active in the tackle (2.1 tackles/90), commanding in the air (7.0 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (88% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (68 passes/90), blocks shots courageously (1.8 blocks/90), central to possession (84 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.2 aerials won/90, 68%), uses long balls frequently (5.9/90) and active off the ball (2.5 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. The three most similar players to Mohammed Salisu by playing style are:

• Nayef Aguerd(87% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (4.6 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (93% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in possession (87 passes/90), central to possession (99 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Moussa Niakhaté(86% match) — A Ball-Playing CB. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, commanding in the air (6.4 clearances/90), meticulous in distribution (91% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (70% duel success), penetrates with forward passing (9.0 final-third passes/90), central to possession (75 touches/90), dominant in the air (3.6 aerials won/90, 71%) and active off the ball (2.2 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions. Note: this profile is based on 733 minutes of playing time this season.
• William Saliba(85% match) — Saliba has quietly become the most complete ball-playing centre-back in the Premier League—a defender who makes the game look administrative. His 92.7% pass accuracy and 76 passes per 90 place him in the top 5% of defenders in the division, yet the more revealing figure is his 6.81 passes into the final third per 90, putting him in the top 20%—this isn't a man simply recycling possession, he's actively driving attacks from deep. The counterintuitive truth: his below-average interception rate isn't laziness, it's positioning intelligence—he's rarely caught out of place enough to need them.

Similarity is calculated using per-90 performance data across multiple playing style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →