Aimar Oroz

Key strength: Vision and passing

Creative playmaker

In the heart of Pamplona, where the Navarran wind cuts through El Sadar, a local boy wearing the weight of the number 10 shirt fights against the tide of his own team's collapse. Aimar Oroz—24 years old, €7.5m-valued, and the most gifted passer in a squad gasping for creativity—watches from the margins as CA Osasuna hemorrhage their sixth-place standing through five straight defeats. The statistics tell a story of artistic suppression: two assists and zero goals in five appearances wouldn't raise eyebrows, until you discover he's averaging just 54 minutes per match. With 60-rated passing that dwarfs midfield partners like Jon Moncayola (55), Oroz possesses the vision to unpick stubborn defenses, yet manager Jagoba Arrasate keeps his hometown playmaker shackled to the bench. Five yellow cards betray the deeper tragedy—a pure creator forced into desperate defensive duels as Osasuna's structure crumbles. With Osasuna's attack dulled at the precise moment their brightest creative spark gathers splinters, the question echoes through El Sadar: will Arrasate finally unshackle his caged artist before the season slips away?