“He is a strong winger, very fast and extremely agile which can be used on both sides. Is unpredictable, dangerous and very good in one-on-one situations. He has already made his debut with the senior Spanish team this year and has a lot of potential.” These are the words of Christoph Freund, sports director of the Bayern Munichin reference to the young winger Bryan Zaragozaonly 22 years old.
“Bryan is one of Spain’s big guns and has been on our radar for a long time. He will expand our offensive options. We wish him much success with the Granada FC for the rest of the season and we hope that he will join us in the summer,” Freund added in statements to Bayern’s official media, minutes after the Bavarian club made official the signing of the Spanish international, starting next season. , in an operation valued at 15 million euros.
Bryan Zaragoza will join Bayern, following in the footsteps of other Spanish players such as Javi Martinez, Xabi Alonso, Thiago Alcantara, Juan Bernat or Marc Roca. A mystery for a player who has burst into LaLiga with great force this year. Last October he dazzled in the League match against FC Barcelona at Nuevo Los Cármenes (2-2), scoring two goals and putting in a true exhibition. Luis de la Fuentethe national coach, took good note of that match and took him to the senior team, with which Bryan made his debut a few days later against Scotland at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville (2-0), in a match in the qualifying phase for the German Euro 2024.
A meteoric progression
And not only against Barça, as Zaragoza’s progression has accelerated in the last year and a half, being the hero of Granada’s promotion to the First Division and with several recitals in the highest category of Spanish football.
But who is Bryan Zaragoza, the pearl of Spanish football whom Bayern has signed? The young footballer from Malaga, who will turn 23 next September, He joined Granada’s youth reserve team in 2019, from the CD Conejito de Málaga; He also spent a season on loan at CD El Ejido, where he was able to follow his career towards the elite.
So far he has played 51 games with the Nasrid first team, having scored ten goals and provided three assists.
There is no doubt that Bayern Munich take a great winger, a blessing for Spanish football because he is a different player who, with his dribbling, his self-confidence and his speed, can do real mischief on a field of game. Now, the question is: will he end up triumphing at the Allianz Arena? That’s another matter, since the last two precedents of Spanish players signed by Bayern (Juan Bernat and Marc Roca) they ended up being a fiascoliving in the shadow of other footballers like Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Alphonso Davies…
LaLiga is in a bad place
In any case, the departure of Zaragoza shows that LaLiga continues to lose talent, players who leave for other championships (Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A…) seduced by the economic power of clubs that, although they cannot fight to enter many European competitionsyes they are in a position to pay astronomical salaries to their signings.
Obviously this is not the case with Bayern, without a doubt one of the most powerful clubs in the world both in terms of history and track record (six European Cups to their credit) and economic potential.
Was there really no Spanish club capable of putting 15 million euros on the table from Granada to be able to take Bryan Zaragoza? It seems that there are not so many who can do it, although the average fan may think otherwise…
2023-12-06 16:44:05
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