Taarabt is a pure number 10. It would be like playing Ronaldinho at central midfield in the premiership (though I'm not ofcourse suggesting he is in any other way comparable other than position). He has abysmal work ethic and never tackles. He makes Kranjcar look like Roy Keane.
Is he??
I always thought of him as an attacking midfield player or a winger more than a number 10.