Álex Moreno

Key strength: Pace and recovery

Overlapping full-back

Girona FC languish in 8th place, trapped in a torrid DLDDL run that has seen them stumble through five winless matches—desperate for any spark to reignite their campaign. Yet on the periphery sits Álex Moreno, a 31-year-old Spanish left-back whose €11 million market value screams of pedigree that Michel's side cannot afford to ignore. In a mere 270 minutes across three appearances this season, Moreno has already delivered two assists—a striking return that reveals the overlapping instincts which once established him among La Liga's most dangerous attacking full-backs. But there's tension in those numbers: three yellow cards in three outings expose a player straining against constraint, pressing with the hunger of unfulfilled promise. With 62-rated defensive awareness and that experienced footballing brain, Moreno reads danger before it arrives. The question haunting Girona grows louder with each dropped point: can they really afford to leave €11 million of proven quality watching from the margins while their season threatens to flatline?