5 exciting January transfers that went under the radar in La Liga

The January transfer window has always been a difficult one. Good players only move in the middle of the season for crazy amounts of money and the players who are available for lower fees are usually risky choices.

Because of the pandemic, La Liga clubs have spent almost no money in the winter transfer window. Most clubs have decided to keep their squads and either use academy players or wait for the summer to make their movements as the financial situation is not the best for them.

But some clubs have tried to find undervalued players in the market who can change their seasons to the better without paying huge fees. In this tactical analysis, we’ll take a look at five of these signings that may have gone under the radar for most fans but could potentially impact their new teams in the second half of the season.

Augusto Solari  Racing Club to Celta

Augusto Solari is a 29-year-old Argentinian right-winger or wing-back who has spent his career in Argentina so far, playing for the likes of River Plate, Estudiantes de la Plata and Racing Club. He had a great 2018/19 season, scoring five and assisting three goals in 20 matches, but at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, he ruptured his ACL and spent more than nine months off the pitch, coming back in September 2020.

Eduardo Coudet, the new Celta coach, was the coach under whom Solari performed at his best level with 14 goal contributions in 45 matches. Celta has rejoined both paying Racing Club €500,000 and signing Solari on a 2.5 years contract. He has already made his debut at his new club and the coach trusts him to revert the bad situation they’re in.

In the profile above, we can see Solari’s profile from the 2018/19 season, the last one in which he had significant minutes. This is the version of Solari Celta expect to get by signing him now after he has recovered from his injury and the one we have considered in this tactical analysis.

Solari is a right-footed right-winger who’s physically small (176 cm / 5’9’’) but well-built and quite fast but not explosive or lightning-fast. He’s capable of making long efforts, works very hard in every phase of the game and possesses fantastic stamina to cover the whole wing.