Behind Enemy Lines: Levante UD
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Transfers and Expectations
One does not think about this often, but Levante are already one of the mainstay teams of La Liga: the Valencian side have played in the highest division of Spanish football in 9 out of the last 10 seasons. With such stability come increased demands from a fandom who feel that just avoiding relegation is not enough anymore.
Levante have a squad with talented creative midfielders Rubén Rochina, Enis Bardhi, José Campaña and good forwards who are proven to provide goals and aggressive movements Jose Luis Morales, Roger Martí. This squad is arguably not strong enough to challenge for European spots, but it should comfortably avoid relegation. However, in previous years the more chaotic approach to tactics of coach Paco López (more on that later) has made it a bit hard for Levante to perform at a consistent enough level to calmly settle down in the m