The situation
Real Madrid continues to think about the definitive configuration of the left back for next season. If on the one hand the arrival of Rüdiger ‘frees’ Alaba to also be three, Mendy ‘s future situation is not clear given his high expectations to renew and the club, if they receive a powerful offer for him, will address the sale of him . In these conditions, the club does not lose sight of Miguel Gutiérrez, who will be tested this preseason. In this context, the great last season of the youth squad between those who participated in the first team and Castilla is endorsed for the next one by advanced statistics. To the point that Olocip, a company that uses artificial intelligence to predict the performance of soccer players in the next ten months, projects Gutiérrez’s performance even better than Mendy’s . Gutiérrez’s impact on Real Madrid next season in terms of goals he will score and goals he will avoid is greater than that of the Frenchman. The full-back from Pinto will contribute with his total actions to the white team producing or avoiding a goal every 409 minutes ; while Mendy will need 428 ‘ to have that incidence in the game… In fact, if we go to the number of assists that the AI predicts that each one would distribute next season, Mendy would give two to three assists on goal while Gutiérrez projects four to five . A palpable difference on offense.
With an advantage over Fran García
Gutiérrez is currently ahead of Fran García, a possibility that has lost strength over the weeks. Madrid does not see it clear to pay €5M to have a third side and the footballer himself does not see any impediment in continuing one more year in Vallecas and re-analyzing his possibilities next year. In Madrid or elsewhere, but the white club in any situation would get a slice, because they own 50 percent of their rights. While Mendy is indecipherable , Miguel Gutiérrez is in a situation, with differences from Fran’s, also on the lookout . His intention is to stay (if he does not succeed, he will jump to a national or foreign First Division) and in fact he has surprised Madrid how quickly he recovered from the arthroscopy he underwent in April.