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Reguilón had a great game vs Roma. It’s easy to forget, this was his first full year playing top flight professional football. Despite being 23, he is - in a footballing development sense - much younger.
There are couple things that stand out to me with Regui (1/8) https://twitter.com/fabricamadrid/status/1291485222241009667
There are couple things that stand out to me with Regui (1/8) https://twitter.com/fabricamadrid/status/1291485222241009667
He’s surpremely confident in his ability. Not arrogant, but he has unrelenting belief in himself. While being cast out on loan by Castilla to Spanish third tier side Logrones, he told teammates with conviction that he would be playing in the Champions League in the future (2/8)
He shined in preseason last year because of that mental fortitude. He coped with pressure the way Theo Hernandez couldn’t. He thrives in it — who can forget how he played in the Clasico last season squaring up to both Messi and Suarez? (3/8) https://www.managingmadrid.com/2018/8/1/17639276/who-is-sergio-reguilon
At this point in time, Ferland Mendy is the better fullback. Though, I think many are quick to forget Reguilon’s early season exploits. He was called up to the Spain squad and was most pundits/fans early shoe-in for La Liga team of the year at LB (4/8)
His form cooled off a bit, but his defensive foundation was what impressed me at Madrid. It’s his engine and off ball attacking runs, which have impressed me at Sev. With half of Europe after him and with his unrelenting belief in himself, I suspect he will opt to be leave. (5/8)
It’s not dissimilar to the Achraf situation. And like we have seen in the past with Higuain-Benz, Coentrao-Marcelo, Keylor-Casillas, and even Pepe-Varane... it’s not sustainable to keep quality players happy with a secondary role. They’ll get good minutes, but they want to (6/8)
play the big games - to feel important. I think Reguilon would be closer to Coentrao’s role than Marcelo’s. Or a better comparison could be Morata in 16/17 with Benzema. That won’t be enough for him and ZZ doesn’t seem to rate him, similar scenario to Llorente and Ceballos (7/8)
If he does end up leaving it will hurt a bit more for Madridista’s simply because he was a Caterano who gave his all for the club. When those youth graduates finally break through, it’s a sense of pride. At the end of day though, he has to do what’s right for his career.
