Villarreal’s offices, with a lot of work ahead of them two weeks before the start of the League

VILA-MOR. With just two weeks to go before the start of the League competition with the duel against Atlético de Madrid at La Cerámica, there is still a lot of work to be done in Villarreal’s offices. He had up to ten football players Marcelino Last year they left the club in the summer, six as free agents and four through transfer, and only five players were signed.

As a result, now the whole grog He only has 20 members in the first team. Taking into account that the League allows 25 registrations and that several positions on the field are left disabled, Villarreal’s sports management will have to work overtime if they want to finish the team put together before the start of the competition.

In particular, the football players who left for free Capua, Morality, Reina, Alberto Moreno, Traore y Mandi. They are all, at least, older than 32 years except Traoré. On the other hand, the players who own the Submarino have made money Mount Brereton, Philip Jorgensen, Jorge Cuenca y Alasdair Solloth. About 70 million in total.

The improvements made so far cover some of these losses, but not all. You could say that Sergi Cardona He replaces Alberto Moreno on the left, Diego Conde that of Pepe Reina in the goal, Willy Kambwala Mandi is in the defensive axis, Pope Gueye Capoue is in the middle of the park and Nicolas Pepe Traoré is on the far right.

Goalkeeper, center back and forward

Therefore, the positions Villarreal need to fill seem obvious. First, he needs a goalkeeper to replace Jörgensen and be, presumably, a starter ahead of Diego Conde. Another clear need is in the middle of the defense, where there is only one right now Raul Albiol, Eric Bailly and Willy Kambwala.

In addition, the sale of Alexander Sørloth to Atlético de Madrid forces the Plana Baixa club to sign a forward to replace his impressive contribution (26 goals and 6 assists) from the season this time. The name a Mayor of Borja but, according to the journalist Javi ValleVillarreal hesitated with his signing due to his knee problems.

In any case, what is clear is that Villarreal need to bring in a goalkeeper, a centre-back and a central striker as soon as possible if they are to start the season with their -all positions in the team well covered. To do this, not in vain, he has about 70 million that he earned from the sale of Cuenca, Brereton, Jörgensen and Sørloth.