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Replace Tajon Buchanan

Statistically similar 2025/26 players based on per-90 output, defensive activity, role group and tactical fit. Estimated fees are not official market values — model-derived estimates from public football data.

What Villarreal would lose

Profile being replaced — public football data, model-derived role scores.

Goals

7

Assists

1

G+A

8

Shots

27

SoT

11

Crosses

33

Fouls won

36

Tackles won

19

Interceptions

22

Attack

64

Creation

61

Progression

68

Role score

63

Transfer fit

67

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Wolfsburg · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (86.87711825998753%); tactical fit is good; 3 years younger.

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Mattéo Guendouzi

Lazio · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (86.64738799271967%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-13).

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Milan · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 31

Strong stylistic match (85.63110304221442%); tactical fit is good.

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Alexis Saelemaekers

Milan · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (82.6027333982559%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+11); 1 years younger.

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Espanyol · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (81.87633605844928%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€9.8M; 2 years younger.

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Bruno Guimarães

Newcastle United · Premier League · Central Midfielder · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (79.05793199970151%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+16).

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Mikael Ellertsson

Genoa · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (84.3149222791109%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-14); cheaper by ~€7.4M; 3 years younger.

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Bologna · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (82.66736931593286%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-13); 1 years younger.

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Espanyol · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (83.33133669717542%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-14); cheaper by ~€7.2M; 1 years younger.

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Oviedo · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (80.88689849536698%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€11.6M.

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Azzedine Ounahi

Girona · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (78.61787182289657%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+10); cheaper by ~€2.7M; 1 years younger.

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Gladbach · Bundesliga · Central Midfielder · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (80.35844518666048%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+11); 4 years younger.

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Hicham Boudaoui

Nice · Ligue 1 · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (79.96924227091716%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€1.7M; 1 years younger.

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Parma · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (84.08903579150241%); tactical fit is good; weaker role score (-22); cheaper by ~€600K; 3 years younger.

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Conor Gallagher

Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League · Central Midfielder · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (80.67663157599542%); tactical fit is good; 1 years younger.

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Real Sociedad · La Liga · Attacking Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (79.29473224099289%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+12); 3 years younger.

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Alavés · La Liga · Central Midfielder · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (79.11410528559168%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€8.9M.

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Milan · Serie A · Central Midfielder · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (80.81324455282562%); tactical fit is good; 3 years younger.

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