By Fausto Triana
With the starting gun barely fired a week ago and the transfer market still pending, the Spanish Football League is now turning its attention to the big three.
Real Madrid appear to be complete after acquiring coveted French striker Kylian Mbappé for the season, along with young Brazilian Endrick, but some experts say that the “white house” is looking for a left-back.
The name of Canadian Alphonso Davis (Bayern Munich) has been mentioned several times, given the doubts surrounding Frenchman Ferland Mendy and his replacement Fran García, everything has to do with the departure of the versatile Nacho Fernández, who went to Saudi Arabia.
However, the Merengues have a very powerful attacking line with Mbappé, the Brazilians Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes, and the Englishman Jude Bellingham. They are, however, suffering from the retirement of the German Toni Kroos, the notable conductor of the midfield orchestra.
Atlético de Madrid have strengthened themselves in excellent fashion in recent weeks. The forward line that brought in Argentinean Julián Alvarez and Norwegian Alexander Sorloth has just been joined by English midfielder Conor Gallagher. The situation at Barcelona is not so clear, having spent weeks “selling smoke” with the “sure signing” of one of the pearls of the Euro Cup, the attacker Nico Williams. However, the Basque of Ghanaian origin ended up staying at Athletic Bilbao.
The Blaugranas, with their new coach, the German Hansi Flick, maintain their commitment to the veteran Pole Robert Lewandowski, who started with two goals against Valencia, and the 17-year-old youngster Lamine Yamal.
He has Dani Olmo under contract from Leipzig, but has not yet been able to sign him for financial reasons. The rest is speculation for now. There is talk of the Portuguese Rafael Leao and the Italian Marcelo Chiesa.
While all eyes are on Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to manage a star-studded squad and make it work, La Liga could be tighter than expected.
Adding pieces is not the only important thing and there are two examples in this century, the English Leicester and the German Bayern Leverkusen, who without large payrolls and a relevant style of play, won their respective leagues.
Also in Spain, the case of Michel Sánchez’s Girona stands out, who with rising stars managed to place fourth and qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history.
