Borja Iglesias faces the season in a preferential place to be the nine starter of Manuel Pellegrini. He made convincing arguments in the second part of last season and so far this summer presents a scenario without competition in the attack: neither Loren, who has less confidence in these last friendlies, nor Juanmi, who is out due to his positive for Covid-19, presented arguments to aspire to a site in the green and white eleven. The goal signed by him Panda against Leeds in the last friendly match also boosts his untouchable role in the current Manuel Pellegrini scheme.
The context of the Betic attack presents some uncertainties. Will Loren continue in Heliopolis after a course in which he was relegated to a secondary role? Will Pellegrini use Fekir as a nine in search of more punch in the Frenchman's game? Will the long-awaited reinforcement arrive that can make a qualitative leap to the fore? The beginning of the League will respond to many of them, but the only current reality is that Borja Iglesias has all the gallons in order to have continuity as a tip and look for his best version, the one that already entered the scene at the beginning of 2021 and that did not he had appeared in Heliopolis since he landed from Espanyol.
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Antonio Cordón will execute movements in the coming weeks, but neither wants to give out to players below their estimated value nor does he have little resources to bet on new tricks for that offensive zone of the team. That circumstance will depend on the exits, although it is to be expected that Pellegrini will again draw on experience to revitalize his attack pieces if there are finally no exit movements. The Chilean wants competition in all his positions and will look for more allies for him Panda in this start of the League.