Deeper-lying midfielder

[Kontol]

I can't find the meaning of "deep-lying" in the dictionary. Can you explain what it means?


They still require a deeper-lying midfielder who can play box-to-box.
Express Online (Nexis) 30 January

 

[Skrej]

Read this Wikipedia article on midfielders. It discusses deep-lying in the first paragraph, and has an entire subsection about box-to-box players towards the end of the article.

 

[Skrej]

Please note that I've corrected the spelling of 'midfielder' in your title.