FM10: Moussa Sissoko

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No relation to Mohamed Sissoko although the similarities are there. An impressive all-rounder midfielder.

Facts:

Moussa Sissoko, a French midfielder of Malian descent, currently plays for Toulouse FC. His impressive club performances in 2008/09 earned him a nomination for the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year.

He earned his first senior cap in the match against the Faroe Islands on 6 October 2009.

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Great physical stats, and is the first name in my head when I look for a DM for Arsenal at the start

Can really turn out to be something special in 2-3 seasons.

I have seen various people buying him on the club threads and they say he is a good player. But tackling 12 for a defensive midfielder? And it seems he turns 20 in August. But if a lot of the 12's become 15/16 then he could be the next Vieira.

I think you may be better off buying Camacho from At Madrid. He is very expensive to start with, but if you bide your time and put a bid in October you can pick him up for around £3.5m. Obviously he wont get transferred until January but you will save the best part of £7m compared to Sissoko and both players are of a similar ability.

Must buy! a bit expensive in this game though.Used to buy him for 6,5-7,5 mil

Forget the tackling,our players dont tackle anyway.He is huuuge

Any screenshots of him a few years a down the line? Valencia are trying to sign him in real life.

Moussa \0/

Been a good player for some of the previous versions, and looks a great player this year.

Personally in the future, I think he could get as good as Michael Essien. I'm not sure if he'll be as good but he'll be near that standard I'm sure.

Valencia won't be able to afford him. Moussa is quality, but he should stay in France a little while longer, play for one of the big boys first.

So so good in FM and rightly so, wish people would stop with the Essien comparisons, infact the comparisons with players generally it's so silly.

Valencia won't be able to afford him. Moussa is quality, but he should stay in France a little while longer, play for one of the big boys first.

So so good in FM and rightly so, wish people would stop with the Essien comparisons, infact the comparisons with players generally it's so silly.

He already plays for a big club in France

no screen shots of him from a few years down the line?

i will go grab one now although i have never used him personally

Just signed him for Sunderland, 500k upfront and £15m over 48months

But I know he is well worth it

i got him on arsenal and he is good, but not great. he gets a yellow card in each match he plays (with normal tackling). i think it must be a bug. and his stats has not been improved that much either

Bought him with Reading in 2nd season for £5.5M. Looks rather handy, although I am chasing Juan Manuel Torres as I feel Sissoko is more a deep-lying playmaker style than defensive midfield or anchor. His marking, tackling and positioning are a little low for my liking. Has good acceleration, and can pick out a pass well so stick him with an anchor and they should do wonders I reckon!

Did the french researchers watched Moussa Sissoko carefully this season in League 1? He scored 7 goals so far for Toulouse and for a defensive midfielder that's fantastic. He even scored more goals than Gignac.

But in FM 2010 his finishing stat is 7, and long shots only 9. I hope he will be improved in 10.3. He's like the perfect box-to-box midfielder IRL.

He's more a box to box player than an outright defensive midfielder anyway, I'm sure he will be improved with regards to finishing in time. No need to get carried away in the short term.

AI controlled in my A.C. Milan game.

Insane!!

He is fantastic in my game. He ended up top scorer in Europe for me on my CL run. Scored 10 goals was amazing. I think he had 20 goals that season.

I was after him in season 4 on my Lyon save but Genoa rejected bids up to £25M, so I settled for Rodwell in the end.

Signed him in the first season as Barcelona, had him tutored by Yaya Toure but he never really seemed to settle into my side and sold him about 2 years later, he was giving away way too many fouls and picking up costly red cards.

moussa and team m8 etienne capoue must buy if u need dm mc player.also if u give amc train for them.playing better.i know because i did it in old career.i recommend.

Here is what he looks like in 2017 AI controlled but is still a midfield destroyer!

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3263/22moussasissoko.png

I've got him for my Wolves side (sorry Volkes, but sacrifices must be made...) and he's doing well, but I can't help but think it can be better. What's the best role he plays in?

Anchor man is his best, but he could just as easily pull of defensive midfielder, defend. A secondary role (in my opinion) would be ball winning midfielder.

He is excelling as a ball winning midfielder in my Lyon squad after costing me a whopping £35M, well worth it though.

Aye, the lad's class, signed him for £19m

He commited too many fouls for me, got too many cards, and so I ended up signing Sandro.

I had to grab deep in the financial pocket at Juventus for this one, I bought him in the 3rd season. For some reason DMC ratings at otehr clubs are always 0.4 average more than mine, must be the tactic, but it's improving anyway. My DMC's don't get a lot fo shots on goals, not even assists, hence the lower ratings than other players I guess. He's 26 now in my game and had to sell Marchisio because Moussa impressed more. He had his best season last season, 7.10 average in 47 games, 15 yellow and 1 red. Those cards are about his average. I had Mohamed Sissoko as well, he got double the amount of cards so I'm pretty happy I learned him to stop play and it really helps defensively, and I'm not the team relying on counter attacks.

This is how he looks now in 2016 :

@Scott1892 : I got Sandro as well, he's my backup DMC and play him more at the MR position, tall wingers in FM is always an unfair advantage

I had to grab deep in the financial pocket at Juventus for this one, I bought him in the 3rd season. For some reason DMC ratings at otehr clubs are always 0.4 average more than mine, must be the tactic, but it's improving anyway. My DMC's don't get a lot fo shots on goals, not even assists, hence the lower ratings than other players I guess. He's 26 now in my game and had to sell Marchisio because Moussa impressed more. He had his best season last season, 7.10 average in 47 games, 15 yellow and 1 red. Those cards are about his average. I had Mohamed Sissoko as well, he got double the amount of cards so I'm pretty happy I learned him to stop play and it really helps defensively, and I'm not the team relying on counter attacks.

This is how he looks now in 2016 :

@Scott1892 : I got Sandro as well, he's my backup DMC and play him more at the MR position, tall wingers in FM is always an unfair advantage

What type of position do you play Sissoko? Deep lying playmaker?

What type of position do you play Sissoko? Deep lying playmaker?

Using him more as anchor man to fit my diamond 4-4-2. It's the most unthankful position rating wise but very important, the player there needs to be world class to make the tactic stable. Won the sextuple (or whatever it's called, League, Cup, Super Cup, Champion's League, European Super Cup and Club World Championship in one season) last season. Took some seasons to get it working right, and Sissoko is major part of it

The lad scored a hat trick for me in the Confederation Cup Final against Brazil. He's a hero!

i bought him for 16 mil. € in my leverkusen game in season 3 and he wasn´t that much of a help. normaly playing a 4-2-4 with a defensive midfielder, he was perfectly up for the task, but was getting many yellow and red cards, which can put you in a tough spot when playing champions league..

my less potential backup sami khedira (german dm from stuttgart) was the better overall transfer for me, with less errors and less cards, but an equally overall performance.

He's more a box to box player than an outright defensive midfielder anyway, I'm sure he will be improved with regards to finishing in time. No need to get carried away in the short term.

Yes! After 10.3 patch, Moussa's finishing and long shots are fantastic! 12 for finishing and 15 for long shots, just like in real life. He's like the best box to box midfielder right from the start. Someone should post a screenshot of him after the latest patch. He's immense!

Yes! After 10.3 patch, Moussa's finishing and long shots are fantastic! 12 for finishing and 15 for long shots, just like in real life. He's like the best box to box midfielder right from the start. Someone should post a screenshot of him after the latest patch. He's immense!

Can you not do it?

He looks near enough the same, except the changes he mentioned.

Loving moussa in 10.3 ..got him for my arsenal save ..playing 4-5-1 and moussa in a ball winning CM role next to cesc and ahead of song...4 goals in 15 games 5 assists and ave rating of 7.5 ...def the next viara

I do apologise, he does look a lot better!

Just looked at the top of this thread to see what he use to look like, massive improvement

10.3

The french researchers did their job very good. 7 goals scored this season in League 1, mostly from long shots and it shows in 10.3. His positioning and teamwork could've been higher though. His PA is immense, so he will improve very much in the future. A must buy from the start! And he's not that expensive too.

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Nice, really nice. Chelsea bought him for 15.25m, which I think is a bargain.

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The french researchers did their job very good. 7 goals scored this season in League 1, mostly from long shots and it shows in 10.3. His positioning and teamwork could've been higher though. His PA is immense, so he will improve very much in the future. A must buy from the start! And he's not that expensive too.

I appreciate, thanks

Um Camacho is no where near this guys ability Santos is more close to this guys ability evan adrien is close to it but Moussa is by far a elite for his position i have him santos and adrien all on my team and Moussa is first then santos is second i would not buy Camacho.

10million over 12 months. bargin

He is a cracking player. Bought him for Everton. He has become a wonderkid in a season. He is a great addition, A great DM,

10million over 12 months. bargain

Bargain of the decade!

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dunno if it helped that im man utd? but i notcied that all the bids i made, i did over 12 or 24 months and they all got accepted????!!!!

14.5 million pounds and another 500K if he made 10 international appearances...A bit too much?

Nope not too much at all.

I wanna use him as a deep lying playmaker in 10.3. Do you think it got what it takes for that role right from the start?