#5 Real Betis signing Antonio Sanabria
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For a big club, £6.5 million is ordinarily not a big transfer fee to fork out but when the club is only in its second season in the top flight since promotion and has a small transfer budget like Betis, it can make a dent in the club’s financial plan. Moreover, they expect to get something for that money.
Antonio Sanabria was the club’s most expensive signing at the start of this term and, following a reasonably successful spell with Gijon last season, a great deal was expected from the youngster.
However, it’s been a woeful start to life in Seville for Sanabria. In 13 league games, he’s managed just a single goal and has an abominable shot accuracy of 33%, resulting in Squawka Statistics giving the 20-year-old an overall performance score of -67, the second worst in the Betis squad.
He’s been greatly disappointing in other areas of the game as well, having created a pathetic total of four goal-scoring chances all season and averaging a pass completion rate of just 63%.
As a result of Sanabria’s poor form, Betis have once again had to rely on veteran Ruben Castro for goals, a reality they thought they had evaded with the purchase of Sanabria. The club have only conceded 35 goals this term, one of the league’s lowest, so it’s been their poor tally of 22 goals and problems in attack, which has led to the club being sucked into a relegation battle they ordinarily should not be a part of.
Had the club invested the money in a more established forward, but one still not near the age of Castro, then their goal return and thus their attack would have looked a lot better than it is now.
