Manu Sánchez plays his league title … in the rival team

Manu Sánchez can live an unlikely situation in the Wanda Metropolitano. The 20-year-old winger started the season at Atlético, becoming the first youth squad to win a first-team token since 2015. Last season he had performed with note as a replacement for Lodi and Simeone positively valued his evolution.

However, the new rear with three center-backs and two lanes ended that position as a winger and gave Carrasco the entire left wing. Lodi lost place, and more with him Hermoso's growth and his versatility also to fall to the side and Manu Sánchez could barely have minutes. Holder in Balaídos, gave assistance to Luis Suárez to open the bookmark. And in January, he left on loan to Osasuna, who had already been all summer insisting to take over his services.

Now, in a huge growth, he visits the one that at the beginning of the year was his stadium with the option to be proclaimed champion … if your current team loses the match. If Atlético defeat Osasuna and Real Madrid do not win at San Mamés, the team led by Simeone will be champion, and also Manu Sánchez with his 49 minutes played. Although, the opposite situation could occur, since if Osasuna scored it would complicate the title allowing Real Madrid to overtake Atlético in the table and that victory or draw for Manu Sánchez would have the handicap of losing the title for the Madrid native.

What is undoubted is that Manu Sánchez is enjoying and taking advantage of his assignment. Against Cádiz he left a fantastic center for Budimir to open the scoring and he already has five assists in the league, four with the rojillo team. On matchday 22, the winger put the center that converted Calleri in the first goal against Eibar (2-1) in a victory that was already making it clear that the rojillos did not want to be involved at the end of the season in the fight for relegation. Then a goal pass would come to Moncayola in the victory against Villarreal (1-2) and another for Kike Barja to open the scoring against Elche (2-0). A luxury reinforcement so that Osasuna has reached salvation without suffering and that will have a divided heart in the Metropolitan Wanda.