The RB Leipzig Real Sociedad This Thursday is hot. In Germany, the daily image remembered the return of Mikel Merino, Januzaj, Isak y Sorloth qualifying it as “The Return of the Losers”. A phrase that surely serves as motivation in the Europa League match for the four footballers with a past in Germany. Merino, Januzaj e Isak they played in the Borussia Dortmund Y Sorloth he did it in the rival of the txuri-urdín.
Mikel Merino left Osasuna to try your luck at Bundesliga with 19 years. He was running in 2016 when he joined the Borussia Dortmund for 3,750,000 euros. There he played 311 minutes spread over nine games throughout the 16/17 season. A year later he was loaned out to Newcastle, a team that signed him for 7 ‘kilos’ and later, in 2018, joined Real Sociedad in exchange for 12 million euros. Merino has become a fixture in the starting eleven for the San Sebastian team, to the point that Imanol even said that he was the best player in LaLiga, and he has had opportunities with the National Team.
Adnan Januzajlike Merino and Isakarrived at an early age Dortmund. The black and yellow team’s policy of signing young players to give them opportunities is attractive to many players. the belgianwho was then 20 years old, He had his first loan in 2015 when he left Manchester United to play for Borussia Dortmund. In the German team he played 518 minutes spread over 12 games in which he gave three assists. After returning to United he went to Sunderland prior to joining the ranks of the Real in 2017 for 8.5 million euros. The international for Belgium has his future in the air when he ends his contract with Imanol’s men in June.
Alexander Isaac signed for him Borussia Dortmund with the label of being the new Ibrahimovic. Both have in common that they are Swedish strikers. Isaac, one of the most desired players, joined the ranks of Dortmund in 2016 at the age of 16. After passing through the reserve team, he made his debut with the first team in a Cup match against Colonia. The following season he was promoted to the first team after playing with the youth team. In the first team Borusser played 12 games in which he scored a goal and provided an assist in 276 minutes. In 2018, seeing himself back in the subsidiary, he decided to go out on loan to Willem II where he stood out with 14 goals and seven assists in 18 games. Some figures that led Real Sociedad to pay 15 million for his services. As a txuri-urdin he has become one of the strikers with the best poster in Europe and the greats of the Old Continent already want him, especially Arsenal.
Alexander Sorloth was the last of the four to arrive in San Sebastián. The attacker, on loan from the RB Leipzig, will be reunited with those who were his teammates in the 2021/22 season. In the energy drinks team he played 37 games with a balance of six goals and three assists in 1,718 minutes. Figures that he is close to reaching at Real Sociedad with five goals and an assist with three and a half months to go. La Real has a purchase option for the Norwegian for 16 million euros.
The four players called “failures” in Germany have an opportunity to show that they are quality players in the match Europa League that will measure this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. at the Red Bull Arena at RB Leipzig Yet the Real society.