Isco was unemployed 12 months ago but has now achieved something in La Liga that even Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t manage.
The winger had been without a club during the second half of the 2022/23 season after leaving Sevilla and seeing a move to Union Berlin fall through in the January.
However, after joining Real Betis last summer, Isco has been one of LaLiga’s most influential stars.
In 28 games this season the 32-year-old has scored eight goals and provided five assists, but it’s his man of the match tally that is most impressive.
Staggeringly, Isco has scooped the prize in 19 of his 28 LaLiga games this term – a tally that even surpasses Ronaldo’s best season in Spain.
According to the Messi vs Ronaldo app, the Portuguese superstar’s best campaign came in 2014/15 when he won 17 man of the match awards in La Liga.
That means that Isco has already surpassed the total with three matches still to play.
Isco was one of Ronaldo’s teammates that season after Real Madrid won an almighty to sign the Spanish star who was one of world football’s most sought-after talents.
Having come through the youth setup with Valencia, Isco joined Malaga where he really started to show his quality.
It was after the Under-21 Euros in 2013 when the race to secure his signature started with Manchester City interested and Manchester United reportedly turning down the chance to sign him.
He’d even agreed to join Man City at one stage before Madrid came calling.
“Before we went on holiday I told him that I was going with him,” revealed Isco.
“Real Madrid appeared. That’s when I had to decide. I couldn’t say no to them, and they hadn’t won the Champions League for many years and I had the feeling that it was going to happen soon.”
Real Madrid ultimately won the race with the winger going on to make over 350 appearances for Los Blancos, scoring 53 goals in the process.
Leaving the club after nine years, Isco endured an ill-fated spell with Sevilla, leaving the club just four months after joining.
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