Arda Turan is playing the role of Barcelona's fourth forward

Arda Turan is playing the role of Barcelona's fourth forward

Behind the MSN, Arda Turan has become Luis Enrique's most useful player statistically and is thriving

While Paco Alcacer was signed to play the role, Arda Turan has been Barcelona's fourth forward during the first weeks of the season, behind the MSN trio. 

Turan is finding his feet in a key role this season and is playing like how most expected him to when he arrived in 2015. 

The Turkish attacking midfielder had a complicated start to life at the club but his level of play and the statistics show his fine start. 

Turan covered Neymar's absence in pre-season and the first official games and after Leo Messi's injury stepped in for him too. Arda has 5 goals and three assists, the player with the biggest combined total behind the MSN trio. 

Not just that, but Arda has opened the scoring for Barcelona in three of their 11 official games this season.

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