Football Season Guide

The 2018/19 campaign was quite a boring one for Real Sociedad. They were never really in much danger of being relegated and were never really fighting for European qualification. They spent the majority of the campaign in midtable. In the second half of the season, they never went higher than seventh and never lower than 11th. This year, though, there is excitement around this club and they expect to compete for a Europa League spot after the summer recruitment they’ve pulled off. By bringing in Alexander Isak and Martin Odegaard, they’ve acquired two of the most exciting young creative prospects in European football, which is even more impressive as they’ve combined this with the more experienced former Girona man Portu. There have been some exits, but most of those to have departed were fringe players anyway. In the dugout, there has been some consistency as they’re keeping Imanol Alguacil on as coach after he did such a good job during his previous stints as a caretaker. Given the attacking signings mentioned, who join existing talents like Willian Jose and Adnan Januzaj, Real Sociedad should score a lot of goals this season. However, they look very thin at the back. The defenders they have are generally young and inexperienced, while several of their defenders are injury-prone. They should be fun to watch as they’ll score a lot, but they’ll surely concede a lot too.