He's a great ball retainer and coupled with Pedri, when both on good form, they're perfect for controlling games. All the "progressive passing" bullshit peddled by his deepthroater is firm bs though. His forward passes are 5-10 meters long and always right into feet of standing players. He doesn't do anything to actually progress the play. The only forward thinking passing he does is diagonal lobs that he is quite good at and has had few assists over time with those. Other than that not much else. Still valuable player for controlling, suspectable at defense.