Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid)
Why it’s a good sports idea:
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Because even if bad tongues will speak of an auxiliary player at Real, this attacking midfielder is much more than that. Moreover, Zinédine Zidane even uses him this season as a right-back, proof that Vazquez can help more than one team in more than one position in the field. Engaging Lucas Vazquez in its ranks for the next season is the assurance of integrating a footballer of international level (9 selections with Spain), already experienced in European competitions (winner of the Champions League in 2016, 2017 and 2018) and used to competing in a top club. With this brilliant curriculum vitae, a large engine from Spain or Europe can look into the file of this Swiss army knife.
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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Because Vazquez’s contract expires next June. Consequence: any club is likely to contact the player’s agent to offer him a contract without transfer compensation to Real Madrid. Obviously, this must catch the eye. “My contract renewal is not up to me alone, we’ll see what happens, explained the striker against Celta Vigo on January 2 (2-0). I play a lot and I am very happy so far, with the desire to help my teammates. “ The player seems to want to stay, but a nice offer from outside could change his mind.
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Riqui Puig (FC Barcelona)
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Because Riqui Puig is, whatever one may say, a footballer with talent in his feet. During the summer, the midfielder blaugrana the 21-year-old did not want to go on loan as suggested by his trainer Ronald Koeman. One thing led to another, a heavy climate settled down following the refusal of the Batavian coach to grant a decent playing time to the nugget formed at La Masia. Since the start of the 2020-2021 season, Puig has only played 78 minutes in Barça’s first team (74 in the Champions League and only 4 in La Liga!). Winner of the Youth League in 2018 and Spanish champion with Barça in 2019 (2 games played), the Barcelona talent has never confirmed the expectations placed on him. Time to look elsewhere?
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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Until the start of the year, Puig was only linked with Barça until next June. However, a clause in his contract still allows the Catalan club to automatically extend the player’s lease until 2023. His release clause is still set at 100 million euros, so it’s expensive to test the goods… However, a six-month loan for the rest of the season, as Carles Aleñá recently did to land in Getafe, would not be excluded. And that would at least allow him to go stretch his legs a little in Spain or elsewhere before returning to the fold next summer.
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Robert Kenedy (Grenade)
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Because the left midfielder is a player who does quite well in La Liga. His left paw was particularly emulated on the side of Getafe last season (23 games, 3 goals) and the Brazilian now shines in Andalusia where he plays in the league (twelve games, one goal) as in the Europa League. It’s hard to be so laudatory about his experience at Chelsea, his club that owns it since 2015, and his different experiences of Premier League loans, whether at Watford in 2016 (only one game played) or Newcastle United during a season. and a half between 2018 and 2019 (41 games, 3 goals). After three consecutive loans, it will be time to finally let go of England.
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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Because Kenedy will no longer be linked with Chelsea from next June. A boon for all clubs since Granada did not include a purchase option in the deal concluded with the Londoners. Result: the more successful Kenedy’s season with Granada this season, the more the contenders will scramble to sign the left piston trained in Fluminense. Still, it will probably also be necessary to align with the salary requirements of the player …
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Robert Kenedy during Granada – Valencia in La Liga on December 30, 2020
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Willian José (Real Sociedad)
Why it’s a good sports idea:
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Because the 29-year-old striker is certainly a good pick in view of his last seasons at Real Sociedad in La Liga: 15 goals in 34 games in 2017-2018, 11 goals in 31 games in 2018-2019 and 11 goals in 37 matches in the last exercise. If the ratio is gradually declining, this is explained by the gradual arrival of competition with Mikel Oyarzabal and Alexander Isak. This season, the Brazilian has only 4 goals and one assist in 19 games in all competitions. Looking for a center-forward to compete with Dario Benedetto, Olympique de Marseille, who had already inquired about his case last summer, could well come back to the charge once again. With success ?
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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Linked until 2024 with the Basque club, Willian José had already asked his club to no longer play during the 2020 winter transfer window following the successive interests of Chelsea and Tottenham. Today, the situation is not quite the same: the market value of the player has fallen by 10 million euros according to the German site Transfermarkt and the offers should not be jostled in times of health and economic crisis. On the other hand, the idea of a loan could be studied.
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Willian José da Silva (Real Sociedad)
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Marko Dmitrovic (SD Eibar)
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Because the Serbian international (16 caps) has become a benchmark in La Liga as a goalkeeper. Author of seven clean sheets in seventeen league days and only 16 goals conceded, his best time since wearing the jersey of Gunsmiths, Dmitrovic is undoubtedly a captain on whom Eibar can rely to stay in La Liga each year for four consecutive seasons. At 28, he is ready to take the next step.
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Dmitrovic’s contract expires in June and the goalkeeper seems to want a change of scenery after his long experience in the Basque country. The catch? A club already seems to be advanced in the file for next summer, and not the least: Sevilla FC. With the situation of Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik, victim of knee problems and soon to be at the end of his contract with the last winner of the Europa League, Dmitrovic has become a priority target. For the competition, it will therefore be necessary to outbid or prove to be very convincing in another way.
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Marco Dmitrovic during Alavés – Eibar in La Liga on December 23, 2020
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Franco Vazquez (Sevilla FC)
Why it’s a good sports idea:
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Because, like his namesake from Madrid (no family link between the two men), the transalpine (2 caps) and Argentinian (3 caps) international is also a multifunctional and experienced footballer on the European stage. Winner of the very last edition of the Europa League, Vazquez is able to play in the heart of the game as a central midfielder as well as an old-fashioned playmaker. His large size (1m87) also allows him to be an effective head player.
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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His contract expires in June, and Sevilla do not appear to be looking to extend the 31-year-old. For a mid-table club from La Liga, Premier League or Serie A (where Vazquez previously played at US Palermo between 2012 and 2016), this could be worth it. His agent Daniele Piraino has also confirmed Vázquez’s desire to find a new lease in the Boot.
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Franco Vázquez (Seville) and Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)
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Roberto Soldado (Grenade)
Why it’s a good sports idea:
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It is an offensive reference in Spain’s golden age at a time when Fernando Torres and David Villa set the planet on fire with the national team. Soldado did not have the chance to be summoned to win two Euros and a World Cup in a row, but he still has rich experiences in the national team and in Europe with FC Valence, Tottenham or Fenerbahçe. Today in Granada, the 35-year-old striker is having fun in a different style. “On a personal level, I feel like my playing style changed when I signed for Tottenham, evoked last month the person concerned in an interview for So Foot. Before that, I was just a surface striker interested in the idea of hitting on goal.“This also explains his less eloquent statistics in La Liga this season (13 games, 3 goals).
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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Because the player is also free next June, and therefore already likely to negotiate his future with a club interested in a freelance from a center forward with an already long career. 35 years old, too old? Ask the opinion of Cristiano Ronaldo or Zlatan Ibrahimovic …
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Loren Moron (Real Betis)
Why it’s a good sports idea:
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Because he is a more participative striker than a scorer. During the Sevillian derby last December (1-1), his contribution nevertheless appeared essential for the offensive animation of the Andalusian team, placed at the forefront of a tactical system in 4-2-3-1. Little highlighted by Manuel Pellegrini so far, the player under contract in the Betics since 2014 has suffered from double competition for his position with the Paraguayan international Antonio Sanabria (890 minutes played against 365 for Morón) and his double Borja Iglesias (425 minutes).
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Why it’s financially interesting:
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He will probably have to spend a pretty sum to attract his services as his market value is set at 12 million euros on Transfermarkt, but the game is worth the candle. The only downside: Atlético de Madrid has already inquired about the player’s profile after Diego Costa’s announced departure this winter. Again, the competition can be stiff.
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