Jesús Vallejo continues to evolve in search of earning a position on the Real Madrid squad. After a first half of the season without too many opportunities with Wolverhampton, the central returned to Spain to enroll in the Granada squad. However, when it had already gained ownership, the coronavirus crisis has slowed its projection. However, Zidane can draw positive conclusions from the defender's journey under Diego Martínez.
According to Opta data, Jesús Vallejo is the footballer of the entire First Division who has played the most minutes this season without committing a single foul. Although it is true that it has begun its journey several months after the rest of the footballers, it accumulates more than two complete matches without having committed any infraction. An outstanding fact, more in a position as delicate as that of central. 185 minutes that make former Zaragoza player the 'cleanest' defender in LaLiga Santander.
In addition, in its two league titles Granada have only conceded one goal. It was before him I raised, one of the highest scoring teams in the entire Primera Division. Against him Celtic, Diego Martínez's men left the goal at zero. Before, he shot with five minutes in front of the Seville. In Copa, he did have several high-flying duels. It was the game in the triumph against Badajoz and the Valencia and entered the semi-final first leg against him Athletic Club de Bilbao. A paradigm shift for him, of course, after just arguing 612 minutes with the Wolves: two matches in the Premier, three in the Europa League preview and two in the Carabao Cup.
The assignment, in the air
Vallejo is one of the countless footballers who end their contract on June 30 and whose future is in the air. If the season ended in the summer months, the center-back would have to return to Real Madrid before the conclusion. However, LaLiga and the Federation are already working to find an alternative to this controversial issue. The same happens with the Olympic Games. It is a fact that they will be postponed, although for now there has been no official notification. The Granada defender is one of the undisputed for Luis de la Fuente and will be on the list if everything continues its course. If they were postponed to next year, I could not dispute them, since it would be for those born from 1998 onwards.
He chose Granada among several destinations
Last January there was a certainty and several unknowns: would leave Wolverhampton, but Granada was not his only option. Leganes and Eintracht Frankfurt also knocked on his door and it was the player who was inclined to travel south. The project influenced his bet, with a team launched and which touched the final of the Copa de la Rey. Diego Martínez also had to do. The footballer on loan from Madrid believed he would have an important role and only the state of alarm has deprived him of continuing to grow on the pitch. At the moment, he was playing and, above all, he was winning every action without slowing down his counter-regulation. Vallejo, in ascending line.