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Attacking midfielder: Luis Alberto (Lazio)
To say the rise of Luis Alberto has been meteoric, would be an understatement. Easily the best player for Lazio this season, Alberto breathed new life into his otherwise mediocre career with an incredibly superb season.
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Topping the assist charts for the season with 14, the Spaniard also registered his career-best figures of 11 goals in the league.
He was the pintle around which the likes of Immobile burgeoned. Alberto’s intelligent pressing and knack creating space for the attackers was one of the chief reasons for Lazio’s scintillating attacking football.
His impressive showings didn’t go unnoticed by Spain manager Julen Lopetegui, who gave him his maiden international cap in November last year. But the fact that he didn’t make the final World Cup squad is just baffling.
