Morgan Sanson

Key strength: Work rate

Box-to-box midfielder

At the foot of the table in 15th place, OGC Nice are staring into the abyss. Five matches without a win has transformed the Riviera club into a pressure cooker of anxiety. Yet in this crisis, Morgan Sanson remains an island of calm. The 30-year-old French midfielder, who learned his craft at Marseille and cut his teeth in the Premier League with Aston Villa, has been the one constant in a season of collapse: 38 appearances and over 2,100 minutes, an ever-present heartbeat in a fractured side. His numbers—one goal, two assists—tell only half the story. It's his passing vision that matters, the metronomic rhythm bridging Nice's disjointed defense and attack. Sanson feeds dangerous wide runners while threading balls through the middle. Remarkably disciplined with just three yellow cards despite that relentless workload, the number 8 wears his jersey with understated authority. At €5 million market value, he's precisely the kind of experience-driven value struggling sides crave—a reliable creative anchor when everything threatens to collapse around him.