Southampton's Oriol Romeu: Impressing in featured role this season

Romeu is averaging 2.7 tackles and 3.1 assists through seven league starts this season.

Analysis:

Romeu flashed his potential while starting roughly half of the Saints' matches a year ago, and he has built on that this season as a full-time starter, rating as one of the most effective holding midfielders in the Premier League. He will likely never be known for his offense, but his defensive work and his 88.8% passing success rate have proven valuable to his team.