When it comes to players who are flying at this moment in time, none are quite doing it like Manchester City’s Angeliño.
The Spaniard is shining on pretty much a weekly basis while on loan at RB Leipzig, his latest big display coming in the win over Manchester United in the Champions League this week.
Leipzig is proving to be the perfect place for the left-back, who also impressed while on loan with the Bundesliga club last season.
Regular first-team football and the confidence of coach Julien Nagelsmann have helped the 23-year-old to flourish but, according to BILD, there is another secret to his turnaround; sleep.
They report that in order to be alert as much as possible during matches, Angeliño sleeps between 12 and 13 hours a day and spends the rest of the day at the training centre in Cottaweg.
In addition to two German lessons a week, he likes to eat all his meals at the complex before watching Netflix at his apartment on the outskirts.
It’s explained that the defender has the spare time because his girlfriend Rocio and their son currently live in Spain.
His ‘closest confidante’ is teammate Dani Olmo, alongside translator Maurizio Sanchez, with it explained he always practices with his compatriot before games.
This, BILD say, is to ‘remain the case in the future’ with the player looking extremely likely to turn his loan deal into a permanent one.
Leipzig have already paid €2m to sign the Spaniard, but that will become permanent for €18m in the summer if he plays five more games in the second half of the season.
Should that happen, his contract will be ‘automatically’ extended until 2025 and given he’s been a regular so far this season, it’s almost an eventuality at this moment in time.
