Villarreal transfer window analysis – what have Villarreal done and what do they need to do?
In: Santi Comesana (Rayo Vallecano), Denis Suarez (Celta Vigo), Adria Atimira (Andorra), Fabio Blanco (Barca Atletic), Ramon Terrats (Girona), Ilias Akhomach (Barcelona), Ben Brereton Diaz (Blackburn Rovers)
Loan returns: Vicente Iborra (Levante), Arnaut Danjuma (Tottenham), Ivan Martin (Girona)
Out: Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Manu Morlanes (Real Mallorca), Boulaye Dia (Salernitana), Fer Nino (Burgos), Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea)
Summary so far: It is really quite difficult not to admire some of the deals that the Yellow Submarine have already carried out this summer. The hugely promising Terrats has been signed permanently, Martin is back from loan, Suarez is back several seasons later, and Comesana is another solid pick-up. Their midfield has lost Lo Celso and Morlanes, but gotten arguably more creative, and definitely deeper. Dani Parejo and Etienne Capoue are now in their mid-thirties, but they have another very good year or two squeezed out of them by this new-found competition and ability to rest. That transition is underway.
Further forward, Brereton Diaz has shown he can score goals at Blackburn, and brings movement and athleticism to a forward line that will be hoping that Gerard Moreno can finally shake off his fitness issues. While the English-Chilean striker does not have the ceiling that Jackson does, it’s worth noting that before April, most would have called him an upgrade on Jackson.
You would imagine given the efforts over the last 12 months to find him a home in England, Danjuma will be on his way out again. Both seem decided that he won’t factor in again, which is a shame because he could be a difference-maker for this Villarreal still.
Key Need: In spite of that business, there is plenty of work ahead for
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