Real Madrid Transfers: 3 LaLiga standouts worth monitoring this winter
By Sudhir Salvi
THIERRY CORREIA- VALENCIA
Dani Carvajal’s persistent fitness issues over the last year and a half have opened the door to the club potentially signing a right-back sooner or later. Lucas Vazquez has been used as a back-up to his Spanish counterpart but the former Espanyol loanee has yet to impress this season. If Carvajal faces a relapse of his issues, Los Blancos could try to sign a right-back in January itself.
For that reason, the name of Thierry Correia could echo into the club’s offices- or at least it should, given the Valencia man’s slow and steady progress in La Liga over recent months. The 22-year-old has not established himself as a starter just yet due to Jose Bordalas preferring players with experience over youth in his roster, but that certainly does not deter Correia’s qualities.
Correia, like Carvajal, is a very underrated full back who brings about a renewed spark to the final third when he is on the pitch. He is pacey and a good dribbler of the ball as well. Defensively, his positioning is usually spot on and that is the most important thing for any full back these days, given how fast the game has become lately. That said, he has very high potential which is waiting to be realised.
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Considering that Bordalas, the Valencia manager, usually prefers to set his troops on the basis of greater experience, it would not come as a surprise if Valencia are open to selling Correia in January. They have been one of the worse-off clubs during the pandemic and there seems to be no player in their squad who is currently immune to the saleable tag.