Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Key strength: Work rate

Box-to-box midfielder

At 37 years young, Henrikh Mkhitaryan continues to orchestrate Inter Milan's midfield with the composure of a seasoned conductor. The Nerazzurri sit 7th in the table, riding a DDWWD run that signals momentum building at San Siro—and increasingly, Simone Inzaghi turns to his Armenian veteran when chaos threatens to overwhelm. The numbers paint a portrait of understated influence: 2 goals and 3 assists across 31 appearances, accumulating 1,787 minutes while wearing the number 22 shirt. Yet these figures barely capture Mkhitaryan's true value. In a midfield featuring emerging talents like Davide Frattesi (65 rating) and the electric Luis Henrique (80 rating), the former Borussia Dortmund star provides the sage voice of experience that cannot be manufactured. Now operating as a central midfielder rather than the attacking dynamo of his Bundesliga heyday, Mkhitaryan's €3.5 million market value reflects age rather than artistry. His vision and passing knit together play between Alessandro Bastoni's defensive steel and Inter's forward threats. When tempo control matters most, Inzaghi trusts the man whose ice-cool veins have delivered 31 appearances worth of composure. Some wine, like Mkhitaryan's game, only refines with time.