The situation of Isco Alarcon at Real Madrid It is very complicated, despite being an important piece in one of the most iconic times in the history of the merengue club.
The Spanish international has made just three La Liga starts with Zinedine Zidane and has been benched in three of his biggest games of the season.
Isco did not play a single minute against Barcelona, Sevilla or Atlético de Madrid, three games that Real won.
He has not completed 90 minutes once this season and has only played 13 minutes in the Champions League, in a 2-0 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk.
The 28-year-old also struggled last season, making just 15 La Liga starts and completing the 90 minutes just twice.
It means Isco could be on the move in the coming months and it looks like a move to the Premier League could be on the cards.
Sport Witness publishes a report from the Spanish newspaper Sport that says Isco knows he needs to find a new club.
An offer has yet to be submitted, but both Everton and Arsenal are touted as potential landing spots for the playmaker, along with Italian teams Juventus and AC Milan, and Spanish Sevilla.
However, Real does not want him to go free, and since he has a contract until 2022, any suitor will have to agree on a rate with the Spanish giants.
Isco’s destiny is in England
He is valued at 20 million euros (18.1 million pounds) and currently earns 6.7 million euros (6 million pounds) per season. That works out to a weekly salary of £ 116,792, which may actually be affordable for both Premier League clubs.
Isco mainly hopes to find a club where he can play every week, having struggled in recent months.
This is a world-class talent who has won everything there is to win at Real.
And, at this moment, the fight for his signing is between two teams: Everton and Arsenal.
Isco has 317 appearances under his belt with the Spanish club and has also won 38 matches for Spain, although he was too young to be included in the team that won Euro 2012.
Still, he is a playmaker capable of splitting defenses in half with his passing range, and his diminutive stature means he has a low center of gravity and can walk away from defenders with ease.
Arsenal’s need is probably greater than Everton’s due to Mesut Ozil’s exile, but both clubs should try to get Isco out of the Santiago Bernabéu.
But Everton also need pieces that can add to the long-term rotation of the team. So the fight between the two will be tough.
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