Real Madrid: Three reasons why Sergio Reguilón should not be sold
By Parshva Shah
Sergio Reguilón is a quality player
La Fabrica, the academy of Real Madrid, is one of the most underrated footballing academies in the world. Reguilón is the one of the latest Canteranos to emerge from the famed La Fabrica setup.
He is an upgraded version of himself every time he steps on the pitch. Tracking his progress over the last two years has been a great journey so far and he has hit significant strides ever since the 2018-19 preseason.
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Right from making his official debut in a 3-0 home loss against CSKA Moscow in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League to his latest game with Spain in the UEFA Nations League, very few have charted the sort of progress that this talented boy has.
Just to put things into perspective, let’s talk about his numbers in his international debut. Against Ukraine, he registered 99 touches, completed 66 passes with a whopping 96 percent accuracy, created four chances (a team high), completed four successful tackles (a team high) with 100 percent accuracy, had four key passes (a team high), won 6/10 ground duels, completed three crosses, pinged two long balls (out of two), won two fouls, created one big chance, had two shots, and assisted Sergio Ramos’ second goal.
He was not dribbled past even once.
These numbers are vociferous. Although Reguilón was in tremendous form throughout the season, let’s not forget that this was his first game with Spain’s senior national team. For someone to put in a shift like that is highly unusual.
Reguilón is a player with massive potential. The sky is the limit for him.
He is already one of the best full-backs in Europe at the moment. Reguilón created 40 chances in 2019-20, only behind Pervis Estupiñán (41), Theo Hernández (42), and Trent Alexander-Arnold (81) for all the U-23 full-backs across Europe’s top five leagues.
He motors up and down the left flank relentlessly. He’s really has an engine. When it comes to attacking, he is very reliable, while defensively, he’s not a liability either. If he continues on the same path, he might become a legendary full-back one day.
The chances of that happening are decent, although one can never really predict what will happen in football (ask Jesé Rodriguez). However, that doesn’t mean Real Madrid should let this gem of a player go. He is a diamond whose polishing process has been well underway. Real Madrid can’t afford to lose him.