Brenden Aaronson might not have expected to have so much game time when Daniel Farke reverted to a 4-3-3 formation with no number 10 in the summer.

Being deployed on the right in pre-season, Aaronson had performed better in that role than he had done in his usual central berth throughout the second half of last term for Leeds United . Yet he was still seen by many as the third-choice option there.

Recruitment figures included Aaronson when discussing the number of wide options they had at their disposal but there is no escaping the fact that they tried to get in another winger who had the ability to operate as a 10 - very much Aaronson’s profile.

The American has been the winner amid the late-window failure to acquire such an attacker. His training performances saw him selected ah

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