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Sergi Cardona: A Lesson on the Power of Free Transfers
After wallowing around the Seguda División for five years, Las Palmas made their return to Spain’s top flight last year. Not much was expected of García Pimienta’s men, with computer models like Opta’s projecting them dead last, with the second highest odds to be relegated. However, they surprised many by not only surviving…
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Albert Sambi Lokonga’s Chance for Redemption at Sevilla
Sevilla ended the La Liga season in 14th with a disappointing 41 points and this summer many of their best players are leaving. With new coach Francisco Javier García Pimienta, Sevilla are looking to improve on last season and earn the ticket to play European football next season. Desperate to turn around their fortunes, the…
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Peque Fernández: Analyzing Sevilla’s New Signing
Sevilla are on the lookout for a reconstruction of their squad after finishing 14th in the league with just 41 points. One signing they have made to reconstruct this squad is that of Peque Fernández, a player who scored 18 goals in the second division last season at only 21 years of age. Does that…
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Ladislav Krejčí: Analyzing Girona’s Czech Recruit
After Girona’s outstanding season qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history, they will be looking to maintain their output from last season. To do this, one signing they have made is Ladislav Krejčí, replacing the departing Eric García who was on loan last season at the club. Will he…
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What Can Rafa Mir Bring to Valencia’s Attack?
Valencia CF haven’t played in a European competition since 2020 when they lost against Atalanta in the round of 16 in the Champions League. Last season they were in 7th place on matchday 31 and on matchday 38 they were 9th, 8 points from 7th placed Real Betis. Can Rafa Mir be the man who…
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What Can Álvaro Djaló Provide to Athletic Club’s Attack?
It has been a stellar year for Athletic Club. They have won their first Copa del Rey in four decades, they have seen three of their players — Unai Simón, Dani Vivian and Nico Williams — win the Euros with Spain, whilst they have also renewed Álex Berenguer’s contract until 2027 and added Andoni Gorosabel…
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Dani Vivian: The Athletic Defender Poised for Euro Glory
Telling non-football fans that Athletic Club are the only top flight team at Europe’s top level that exclusively employ players from their region of Spain is a favorite pastime of soccer bros here in the United States. I am personally guilty of this. My guess is that if you clicked on an article about Dani…
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Filip Jorgensen: Scandinavia’s Next Top Goalkeeper
Filip Jorgensen, a native of Lomma, started his youth career in 2007 with the local Swedish club GIF Nike at the age of five. After moving to Malmo FF, Jorgensen spent six seasons with the youth team between 2008 and 2014. After spending two seasons playing for Santa Catalina and Penya Arrabal, he returned to…
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Dani Carvajal: Real Madrid’s Unheralded Guardian in Defense
Chamartín is home to rare precious stones, some blinding with their shine, others less so, yet in every way invaluable. And then there was in Leganés, a precious stone unearthed, sent to Germany for refinement and returned to Spain for proper use, where it, despite its seeming lack of allure, blossomed to become an unmistakable…
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Robin Le Normand: One Half of Spain’s French Center Half Pairing
On May 23rd, 2023, the Spanish Council of Ministers granted Spanish citizenship to Robin Le Normand, making him eligible to become the 44th foreign-born player to represent the Spanish national team. This was a big deal for several reasons, the first being that an exception was made for Le Normand, the second being that in…
