As: Betis has fierce competition in the midfield, and new player Riquelme may find it difficult to guarantee the main position

According to the report of Ass, Betis' new player Rodrigo Riquelme is not a winger in the traditional sense. He is more similar to Isco, and Fornals and Lo Celso in the team can also replace him. According to reports, Rodrigo Riquelme will need several days to join Betis' pre-season training because he has just finished the Club World Cup with Atletico Madrid and is on vacation. Pellegrini is already considering the Madrid player's best position.

In principle, Riquelme's arrival was to fill the position of Jesus Rodriguez, who had just been transferred, but in fact the styles of the two players are very different. Although Riquelme was primarily a left winger during loan to Girona, he didn't like to stick to the sidelines and sometimes he was more like a midfielder than a winger.

And Betis has long had a group of players of the same type who have joined in recent years, which is enough to cover this position: Fornals, Isco and Lo Celso. Pellegrini used to put Fornals on the wing, but in the second half of the 24-25 season, he shone in the midfield and the defensive midfielder.

The position of the team star Isco seems to be unshakable. He has great freedom and is usually active behind or next to the striker. Like Riquelme, he is a right-footed player. Isco has played on the left many times during the Real Madrid and Spanish national teams. Their development trajectories and characteristics are quite similar.