Gabri Veiga, the Celta Vigo midfielder coveted by the Leading League’s elite clubs, has been backed to make a long lasting influence should he select a go to England this summertime.
Which is in accordance to previous Brighton supervisor Oscar Garcia who has taken a keen desire in Veiga’s progress given that looking at him emerge as a younger boy.
The 20-year old’s remarkable performances have made him a concentrate on for Real Madrid, Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal, Newcastle, Tottenham and Liverpool with a acquire out clause established at £35million.
Acutely conscious of the developing fascination and pending transfer, brokers have also been courting the gifted youngster and his household, keen to symbolize him in his subsequent go.
A number of large brokers, which include Pep Guardiola’s brother Pere have built their pitch, but Veiga now appears to be probable to be a part of up with nicely-established Israeli transfer negotiator Pini Zahavi.
Celta Vigo midfielder Gabri Veiga has been backed to make an effects in the Leading League should really he transfer
Oscar Garcia has insisted that Veiga can make a big impression at ‘any prime-level team’
It all factors to a new and more substantial phase for the Spain U21 worldwide and former Brighton and Watford coach Oscar Garcia believes Veiga will never disappoint.
An attacking midfielder himself with Barcelona in his actively playing days, Garcia worked with the young Veiga while coaching at Vigo.
And he is effusive in his appraisal about Spain’s hottest good prospect, declaring Veiga has the features of best Leading League midfielders this sort of as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
‘I will not like to evaluate players, but there are some similarities with players from other generations, these as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, in terms of the sort of midfielder that he is,’ Garcia advised Mail Sport.
‘I consider he is a participant who performs greater when he is absolutely free to show all his actual physical strengths, allied to his extremely fantastic approach.
‘He is extra of a midfielder who can enjoy box to box, rather than a participant in the style of Sergio Busquets or Rodri, who are extra positional. He utilizes more of the area to demonstrate all the stage that he has.
‘Maybe if he have to perform more positional as a holding midfielder it is far more tricky to see all his opportunity. But his key strengths are in possession of the ball, where he can eliminate several rivals with his motion, he can skip several lines of force from the opponent. Other than, he is a participant who likes to get there into the box.
The Spaniard has been described as a box to box midfielder alternatively than ‘more positional’
He was compared to Premier League legends Steven Gerrard (still left) and Frank Lampard (proper)
‘It’s yet another thing that I seriously appreciated about him, for the reason that these days there have not been numerous midfielders who have appear into the box from the 2nd line and it is really one of his qualities and just one of his most vital qualities.’
Garcia, who was in rivalry for the manager’s position at Leicester City earlier this thirty day period and is contemplating a coaching return to England, additional: ‘I imagine he is able of adapting and becoming profitable in any league, which include the Leading League.
‘He’s capable of adapting to many in-match situations and possesses qualities that you will not normally uncover in the fashionable sport, especially among younger players.
‘Right from when I to start with saw him, it failed to issue to him irrespective of whether he was taking part in for the youth group, the reserve group or the very first team. I located that awesome.’
Veiga had a person of his least helpful online games all through Vigo’s current defeat by Authentic Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Veiga struggled for Vigo in their latest defeat to Genuine Madrid – a further facet he has been linked with
It still left some Spanish commentators saying he experienced fluffed his audition in entrance of Carlo Ancelotti but rumours continue to abounded of Madrid president Florentino Perez discussing a opportunity transfer with his Vigo counterparts soon after the activity.
Garcia, 50, has been credited with nurturing the skills of a number of young stars throughout his coaching vocation, like Dayot Upamecano, Konrad Laimer, Naby Keita and Munas Dabbur.
He also played an influential function in the progress of Hugo Ekitike and on-mortgage Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun, who he drafted in at Reims last summer season.
With that in mind he underlines the relevance of the determination Veiga and his potential new agent Zahavi make over his subsequent move.
‘He has the potential to participate in for any best-stage workforce,’ states Garcia, ‘But he is however incredibly younger and has to keep on to development to fulfil his probable and he’ll require to continue on to get minutes on the pitch if he is to do so.’