Bryan Zaragoza’s contract with Celta de Vigo includes a series of clauses by which the loan can be converted into a transfer at the end of this season, but no one believes he will wear this jersey next year. If he … The team is in the top half of the standings and he will continue to play more than 60% of the minutes, but the club understands that none of this will happen and that Vigo will become just another step on an errant trajectory. A disappointment in a club which finally saw a player take the plunge and a new setback for a talent who never fully established himself.
The bet by Marco Garcés, the sports director, made sense. Celta, with its recent economic problems, appeared in Europe many years later and Bryan had to enter the equation as a jump in quality, it is not in vain that he is an international, a player of excellent excellence who has shown very high performances although, it is true, also seasons in which he faded.
This lesser version presented itself at Celta, with a total absence of goals from a player who, due to his position, should contribute in this aspect. At the club, there is a certain sadness at this lack of success, because the problem has never been attitude. Although in public he can be somewhat loud, from day one he fit in well in the locker room and showed humility and a sense of humor. They define him as an easy-going and simple man – he lives near the beach – but also somewhat absent-minded.
There was a sort of dazzling explosion, a huge match against Barcelona which triggered a perhaps excessive domino effect: the national team, the
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…the places where he subsequently clashed
Giráldez understood this last point and did everything possible to pamper him. He has planned specific video work with him, because advanced tactical knowledge is not one of the winger’s greatest qualities. That, in a team of writers that last year operated like a very well-oiled machine, is a problem. Because Bryan tries and sometimes glimpses are visible, but his footballing anarchy and alarming lack of flair for goal has been a fateful recipe for the club’s big gamble to work.
He is only 24 years old, but the Málaga already accumulates many points on his flight card. There was a sort of meteoric explosion, a huge match between Barcelona and Granada which triggered a perhaps excessive domino effect: the national team, Bayern… places where they clashed later, probably because they were not at that level yet.
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He is the tenth most used player by Claudio Giráldez. He has three assists, but did not make his debut as a scorer dressed in light blue.
It is possible that he now regrets this trip to Munich, the club to which he still belongs. His relationship with Tuchel has not been smooth, according to the coach due to the winger’s lack of languages. He never believed that this was the problem, because you can play football very well in peace. This outburst from Bryan will always stay with him, he can say he wore one of the most famous jerseys in world football, even if it was only for 171 minutes, but this hasty move also left him confused. A few months later he was already in Pamplona, on loan to Osasuna, playing well but without exaggerating.
Bryan has a few months ahead of him to leave a good taste in Vigo’s mouth, as it is assumed that there will be no more for him at this club. He’s got talent, that’s obvious, but he hasn’t yet found the environment in which it all fits together. This may be a problem of context, but also a failure to meet expectations. Yes, Bryan may be a good football player, but he has yet to find a team where he can prove he is what some thought they saw in him.