5 Spanish starlets that have shone in La Liga this season

#2 Santi Mina (Valencia CF)

Santi Mina is finally living up to his whizkid tag

One of the most impressive young starlets in the league, Mina's performances this season have been his best ever as he has now fully settled down and under Marcelino's expert tutelage, he is looking like the real deal.

He turned 22 in December and has already made over 100 appearances in La Liga for Celta Vigo and Valencia.

His excellent technical ability coupled with speed and an intelligence to drag defenders out of position has been of immense benefit to the team as his rotation with on-loan Portuguese winger Goncalo Guedes has meant that Marcelino has been able to deploy his forward line in a way that allows the strikers as well as the inside forwards to flourish.

The youngster who cost Valencia €10m when he joined as a fresh-faced 19-year-old in 2015 has taken his time to settle at the club even though his settling in has not been helped by the club's upheaval.

He has been superb this season with 11 goals and 2 assists in his 27 appearances (14 of which have been as a substitute) and if he keeps it up, a call-up to the national team will definitely happen sooner rather than later.