Tottenham coach Les Ferdinand is no fan of the holding midfielder.
Ferdinand believes the holding midfielder is an unnecessary staple in many of today's football teams.
He told the Tottenham and Wood Green Journal: "I know there's a lot of talk about holding midfield players, and I'm always arguing with Tim and Chris (Ramsey) about this - and they agree.
"I don't like holding midfield players. I like players to understand that if one goes forward, the other one tucks in for them. I don't want someone who just sits in front of the back four and doesn't go anywhere. I was saying to William Gallas when he was here, the worst thing that happened in this league was Claude Makelele.
He added: "When Makelele came into this country he wasn't a holding midfield player. He was a player who had the intelligence to say 'Frank [Lampard], you can score more goals than me so if you go I'm going to tuck in here for you, and I'll hold. You keep going forward'.
"Then everyone went 'right, we've got to have a holding midfield player' - and what we've done is produce a crop of players who don't want to go over the halfway line, who don't want to pass over the halfway line and are happy to just sit in front of the back four."
