Behind Enemy Lines: Celta de Vigo
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Background, Transfers, and Expectations
The last few years have been rough on Celta. Season after season, they built unbalanced squads that featured plenty of offensive talent—led by the amazing Iago Aspas—but lacked certain key defense and midfield profiles. Since Eduardo Berizzo left in 2017, Celta burned through five managers who all struggled to figure out how to optimize for the available personnel.
The issues also went beyond tactics and squad building: there seemed to be attitude and discipline issues that made it even harder for managers to get players to buy into the game plan. This was reflected in the disciplinary problems with Emre Mor and Pione Sisto or the drama of this past October when coach Oscar García stripped Hugo Mallo of the captain armband.