FMV: Tours Presents.. Aaron Hunt

Name: Aaron Hunt
D/O/B: 04/09/1986
Position Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Club: Werder Bremen (Germany)

Background
Aaron Hunt may be a familiar name to a lot of people. This is because although he was born in Germany, his mother is English, leading to a significant amount of interest from the English FA regarding his international allegiance. However, he chose to represent his birth-nation instead, and made his debut for the national side in November of last year. A pacey, creative forward, Hunt has been on the books of Werder Bremen since the age of 15; to date making just shy of 100 appearances, and scoring 20 goals. He became Bremen’s youngest ever goalscorer when he netted on his start for the club, against Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2005, at the age of 18 years and 161 days. Despite interest from several big-name clubs across Europe, including Liverpool, Hunt today committed his future to the club by signing a new four-and-a-half year contract with the German side.

Attributes

Positions

Tactics
On FM, Hunt is described as a natural Left Winger, but for Bremen, he usually features somewhere in the forward line. His obvious strengths are his speed, his creativity and his fitness; all of which point towards him being very effective in midfield, either on the left or in the middle. Even though Bremen use him as a forward, I would be inclined to drop him back into midfield; his finishing, first touch and off the ball attributes are by no means bad – far from it – in fact they are excellent. However, because of his dribbling, crossing, and speed attributes, he might be more suited to the wing, or an attacking midfield role. Tactics-wise, I would suggest having a striker who can head the ball well if Hunt is on the wing, as he is capable of providing plenty of service to the frontmen. I would also advise you to give him a fair amount of creative freedom, as well as letting him drift inside occasionally, mainly because his ability to strike the ball from range could quite easily lead to some cracking goals throughout the season. If you decide to play Hunt on the wing, he might work quite well as either an Inside Forward or an Advanced Playmaker, whereas he’s probably more suited to an Advanced Forward role if playing up front.

Transfer
As he has been at Werder Bremen since the age of 15, you can imagine that he’s quite attached to the club. It would probably take a bid of at least £15 million, I would say, but this fee is bound to rise as you progress in the game. On my AFC Telford game, in which I’m in the year 2016, Hunt is playing for Hertha Berlin, whom he signed for in 2010, so judging by that, he would more-than-likely sign for most top-half Premier League sides, I would say.

Overall
Although Hunt isn’t the youngest of all the young-prospects on the game, he certainly does possess a vast amount of talent. It would be very interesting if it was possible for him to play for England, but he’s unfortunately declared to the German national side instead.
Recommended Rating: 8/10