Winter Wildcard Payet - Spend or Swerve

POSITIVES & NEGATIVES

Positives

• A very well rounded offensive card, can be played as either a CAM or ST

• Great shooting from inside and outside the box

• Surprisingly very strong on the ball for a player who is only 5’9”

• Outside Foot Shot and Finesse Shot Trait

• 4* Skill Moves and 4* Weak Foot

Negatives

• Stocky Body Type and 82 Balance

• Very low Defending attributes, therefore I would avoid playing him as a CM

• Terrible aerial ability, however that is expected

PLAYER COMPARISONS – IS HE BETTER THAN? (4* Skill Move CAMs)

World Cup Stories Bruno Fernandes – 474k

• Fernandes has better Defending and Passing, Payet is a better option offensively

• Fernandes is better suited to the CM role, Payet is more suited to the CAM role

Road to the Knockout Phil Foden – 165k

• Foden is a better dribbler of the ball, Payet is simply better in most other areas

• Both cards a suited to the CAM role, I would chose Payet due to his better Shooting and 4* Weak Foot

World Cup Heroes Hidetoshi Nakata – 183K

• Nakata doesn’t really offer anything that Payet can’t do, Payet is better in most areas

• I would play Payet in any position over Nakata, even the CM role despite Nakata having slightly better Defensive attribute as he has better Strength to compensate the lack of defending

Rulebreaker Nabil Fekir – 130k

• Fekir is a ‘budget Payet’, however he costs a lot more, Payet is superior in all most areas

• Payet would be an easy choice for me over Fekir in all positions as he is pretty much superior in all attributes

RATINGS

VERDICT

Payet is a baller, he is definitely one of the best value SBCs that has been released during the Winter Wildcard promo, he is priced extremely well and when you compare him to similar cards, not only is he significantly cheaper he is actually a better option in most cases.

Payet can play either CAM or ST so you have that option should you need it, and with all the new Marseille players being released he is very easy to link, so for me it’s an easy SPEND!

SPEND OR SWERVE