Iñigo's reading of the game is the standout, according to Gerard Moreno; the full name is not given

Gerard Moreno has reportedly singled out Iñigo for the way he reads a game, describing his ability to see play before it happens as a level above. He is also understood to have expressed confidence that Villarreal CF will make the new coach's methods work.

That is the whole of it, and the gaps are the interesting part.

Which Iñigo is not stated. No first name beyond the one, no surname, no position, no indication of whether this is a team-mate, a coach or a member of staff. Spanish football is not short of Iñigos, and the report does not narrow the field. Nor is there any detail on what the new coach's proposal actually consists of: no system, no shape, no change in how Villarreal are being asked to press or build. Just the vote of confidence, which is the most portable object in football's press language, useful in October and equally useful in February when it means something else entirely.

There is no date attached to the remarks either, and no indication of the setting in which they were made.

What survives the stripping is a senior forward publicly backing a new manager's ideas before a European night, which is not nothing. It is the kind of line a dressing room produces when the alternative line would be a story. Whether it reflects anything deeper, the report does not say.

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