Real Madrid Transfers: 3 LaLiga standouts worth monitoring this winter
By Sudhir Salvi
Real Madrid are involved in a tight La Liga battle in which only five points separate the top six, which is a testimony of the quality of the Spanish top division.
Some of the league’s finest players have left for greener pastures, particularly the Premier League in recent months with Marc Cucurella’s move to Brighton being a fine example to boot. However, La Liga Santander continues to be underrated and promises to bring up yet another tight and enticing title race besides having several clubs with the pedigree to go all the way in the Champions League as well as the Europa League come the end of the campaign.
A number of individual names are also doing a tremendous job with their clubs and that was further known to the rest of Europe with Spain’s run to the semifinals European Championship earlier this year and then the final of the UEFA Nations League last month.
With there being a quota of how many non-EU players a club’s roster can host, Real Madrid are certainly bound to consider signing talent from across Spain as well- particularly because those are proven players in La Liga, which is arguably the world’s best league. Which are the three players from the Spanish division which Madrid can try to sign during January?
YEREMI PINO- VILLARREAL
Yeremi Pino broke into the Villarreal first team during the 2020/21 season and has since established himself as a regular in Unai Emery’s plans. He was also the scorer of the opening goal for the Yellow Submarine last season in a 2-1 loss against Real Madrid on the final matchday of the season, before putting in a shift in the Europa League final against Manchester United.
This term, he has started all matches for Emery’s men and has already struck twice in all competitions and provided three assists as well. If the 19-year-old continues to progress the way he has in the last six months or so, it will be very difficult for Villarreal to hold onto him, so the Whites must try to take full advantage of the situation which the Castellan side may face.
Madrid’s right wing has been a position that has left several questions unanswered and Yeremi Pino, at least by the early looks of it has been a talent worth admiring. He may well be the future of La Liga if he can continue to contribute on the same wavelength. His defensive and offensive qualities are superior to most players of his age and that makes him an all-around product.
It is not known whether Villarreal could be open to the idea of selling him, but Real Madrid can surely make an attempt to bring in the player in January. Initially, he may not be able to break through a squad full of superstars, but a loan spell or two within the Spanish top flight itself could help the player or at least increase his transfer worth further for the club to use him only to sell and more as an investment if things end up not working out well.