Jacobo Ramon, in a recent interview while at national team camp with Spain for the first time in his career, called Eder Militao his favorite player in the world right now.
He was asked to pick his favorite player as well as his inspiration, and for the latter, he named a Real Madrid legend in Sergio Ramos, which was also nice to read.
Ramon has actually trained alongside Militao a bunch of times, but has never made an appearance with the Brazilian defender in any of his years at the club.
During the 2024-25 season, when Ramon played for the first team for the first time, Militao was recovering from his second ACL injury, which is why they never featured on the same team.
However, they have travelled together, trained together, and have been named in the same squads before, too, which is nice to see.
Eder Militao and Jacobo Ramon have similar traits, but different playing styles
The only thing about this is that despite him being Ramon's favorite player, the Spaniard and Militao do not really play the same style of football.
Ramon is more of a back-to-basics, ball-dominant centre-back who thrives in the air, while Militao's an aggressive stopper who loves sprinting forward and using his physicality to dominate attackers. Both have a brilliant footballing IQ, but Ramon focuses more on the fundamentals, while Militao is a bit more aggressive.
That is not to say that the two centre-backs have nothing in common. They have some similar attributes, but they just do not use them in the same way. Militao and Ramon are brilliant in the air, and
They would actually complement each other quite well, with Ramon being someone who can stay back (although he loves being the enforcer like Militao when needed), while Militao can be the one going up to forwards and trying to pressure them into losing the ball.
Militao is also the quicker player of the two, which would help Ramon in counter-attacking situations, as the Brazilian would be able to cover ground much better than the Spaniard. Ramon is the taller player who would be able to use his body to dominate both boxes on the pitch.
Obviously, it has yet to be determined whether Ramon comes back to Real Madrid at all or not, but it is still cool to see players talk about their favorite players who do not have a similar play style.
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