Luis Enrique ignores Fabián, the third best Spanish player

In the absence of eight days for the end of Serie ANapoli can continue dreaming of celebrating a scudetto that would be the third in its history and the first without Maradona after 1990. Spalletti’s men are second, three points behind Milan, and boast the best defense in the championship with just 22 conceded goals. One of the Azzurri who is shining the most in this season is undoubtedly Fabián Ruiz.

The former Betis player is an untouchable for the Italian coach, and this season he has already been decisive several times, scoring six goals and three assists in the 25 league games he played. They are the best data of his career and the strange thing is that, despite this, his name still does not appear on Luis Enrique’s lists.

His last appearance with Spain took place in last year’s European Championship, against Croatia, and the coach did not bet on him either in the appointments of this break. A difficult decision to understand, especially if we analyze the Olocip data, according to which Fabián is the third Spanish player with the best performance in this course, only behind Juanmi and Laporte.

According to the company, the exbético averages a value of 0.47 per game. Artificial Intelligence measures actions based on the probability of scoring a goal or being scored on one: that is, with his actions in attack, defense and building plays, the midfielder generates a positive difference of one goal every two games for Napoli.

No midfielder, among those cited by Luis Enrique since November, reaches this figure: those who come close are Rodri (0.34), Pedri (0.29), Gavi (0.27) and Soler (0.26) .

Fabián, in Spalletti’s 4-2-3-1, has greatly improved his offensive facet. He has scored a goal every 409 minutes played (in his best season, he had needed double the time) and, in Calcio, he is the second player with the most impact in passes that precede assists.

For these reasons, his market value, predicted based on his career, age, and context, according to Olocip has reached 53.7 million euros, the highest of his career. Fabián, who is delighted in Naples, confessed to AS his desire to play again in LaLiga one day, “his home”, and will undoubtedly be one of the protagonists of the next market.

His contract expires in 2023 and, today, no appointments are scheduled to renew it. De Laurentiis will have to sell him so as not to add another crack to those who left Serie A as free agents, something that already happened with Lorenzo Insigne. Meanwhile, Fabián, as he said, will continue “working hard” with one goal in mind: “Return to the National Team”. The numbers support him.