Fran García ‘sweeps’ Mendy

Real Madrid is already studying what additions to make for next year and one, without a doubt, must arrive on the left side, where he will lose Marcelo, who will end his contract after almost 16 years in white. Mendy will stay there as the starter and the idea a year ago was that his replacement would be Miguel Gutiérrez, but Castillista’s progression has stalled a bit and in Madrid they see with better eyes right now that he goes out on loan to gain experience in the First Division and that the to return is Fran García, current starting left back of Rayo Vallecano.

Garcia is only 50% owned by Rayo; the other 50% is still from Madrid, so recovering him for the cause would be relatively simple: It would be about reaching a transfer agreement with Rayo, paying only half the price at which the Vallecanos value the player, or going directly to the termination clause, of 10 million euros, of which Madrid should only pay five.

Fran García has spent almost 2,500 minutes this season at Rayo, in which he has scored a goal and given an assist. He is a key piece for Iraola and Olocip’s advanced statistics, provided to AS, show that he is one of the most influential left lanes in the championship. In fact, he greatly improves Mendy’s data, who would be his partner and at the same time his competition next year.

With his actions, he has managed to be the 2nd best Rayo Vallecano player (+5.02 value generated), one of the revelation teams of the season. Slightly ahead is Catena (+5.35). The Spanish winger leads several sections of the game in the red-and-red club. For example, he is the player who has the most impact on the construction of the team’s play, especially thanks to his passes, his crosses and his driving.

Fran Garcia doubles Mendy

Thus, it can be seen that Fran García is not the player who makes the most centers in all of LaLiga, he is seventh with 83; however, he is the player who generates the most value (+1.3) with his crosses and therefore the one who has the greatest impact with them in the entire Spanish competition. Currently, Fran García is the third left-back with the best performance in the entire LaLiga. Ahead are the Betis player, Álex Moreno (+6.20), and the Elche player, Mojica (+6.20).

Players like Gayá (+4.20), Jordi Alba (+4.17) look in the rearview mirror at the full-back, who is an Iraola fixture. Even more noteworthy is that Fran García, a former Madrid player, almost doubles the value generated so far this season by Mendy (+2.97). With his actions, he has generated a goal every five games for the Vallecas club, although it has not been as a scorer or assistant. Above all he has increased his defensive performance and game construction. Last season, Fran García penalized Iraola’s men with their defensive actions for 90′ (-0.06); this campaign has improved defensively with an impact of +0.07 every 90′.