The new role of Carlos Soler

Carlos Soler is being one of the men of the season in Valencia. At 25 years old, he is not only keeping (and getting better relatively) your numbers compared to his best season, last. But it is also adopting a leadership role until this unprecedented year for him and contributing a series of intangibles to the group from which the team is benefiting Bordalás.

One of the aspects that is attracting the most attention of Carlos Soler is the role of leader that is exercising on the field. The long absence of Gabriel Paulista; the entrances and exits of the eleven, due to the injuries, of Gayà; and the substitution of Jaume, have left Soler as the benchmark within the field for his teammates. In a team as young as Valencia, being 25 years old is already becoming one of the veterans. The sediment of the seasons in the first team, this is the sixthand with players at his side like Mamardashvili, Thierry, Bryan Gil, Yunus or Ilaix himself, the Valencian has become one of the referents to follow.

Within his new role, he highlights that Soler has become spokesperson for your peers at the time of address the colleges on the field or, for example, gather the group in midfield to thank the fans for their support. This was accentuated, last Wednesday, in the Cup match against Athletic despite the fact that, due to his character, Carlos was not the one who carried the weight of the celebrations. His leadership role is in other assignments. The detail that he had in the duel against Real Sociedad, encouraging the crowd to applaud one of the myths of Valencianism, David Silvamakes clear the new role of a Soler who has put aside the shyness of the early years in which he learned from great captains such as Parejo or Rodrigo.

This maturity comes just at the moment when your agents are negotiating with the club one renewal which is currently stagnant. The footballer continues prioritizing the sports project, something that, with another ending which will be held on April 23, you are guaranteed, at least in the short term. But Carlos looks a little further and needs to see that the club grows in the medium term. At the moment, his agents and the club are far to get to an agreement. The footballer’s contract ends in 2023 and if there has been no renewal this summer, a transfer could be considered by one of the two parties.

Ten goals and four assists

And in intangibles Soler has made a qualitative leapin numbers he has kept them and is on time to complete his best season in the first team. last coursethe best of his career, the midfielder scored 12 goals (11 in the League and one in the Cup) and gave eight assists (seven in the League and one in the Cup). This course already has 10 goals (9 + 1) and four assists, the last two last Saturday against Granada. Yes indeed, this season he has already scored two goals with the Senior National Team with which he debuted in September. In relative terms, last season Soler scored a goal every 249 minutes and provided an assist every 342 minutes. In this campaign, the black and white ’10’, the number that debuts this year and that also gives him stripes on the pitch, he has scored a goal every 178 minutes and provided an assist every 402 minutes. All this in league games.