Just seven of his 12 La
Liga appearances this season have been starts, while the 20 - year - old has started on the bench for three of his team's last four competitive outings, including both legs of the Champions League quarterfinal exit at the hands of Roma.
However, the 25 - year - old has struggled to settle in and has only made 16 La
Liga appearances this season.
Iniesta has scored only 1 goal in 16 La
Liga appearances this season.
Not exact matches
The 21 - year - old forward rose to prominence for Barca last
season, making his first La
Liga appearance off the bench in January and going on to play 22 games for the first - team.
Sahin made just four La
Liga appearances last term as Real Madrid edged to their first domestic title in four
seasons.
The 22 - year - old made 25
appearances for Villarreal this
season, and also featured seven times in the Europa League as the
Liga BBVA side reached the semi-finals.
It's been another wonderful year for the Portuguese international as he won the La
Liga title and Champions League last
season with Madrid, while scoring 42 goals and providing 12 assists in 46
appearances in all competitions.
The fee paid for Dembele was # 135.5 m but the star has made just five
appearances in La
Liga this
season, far less than Barca would have foreseen the attacker making given the enormous fee paid for him.
He has helped Real Betis to eighth in the La
Liga table this
season, contributing two goals in 18
appearances for the Seville - based club, and is open making the switch to Spain a permanent one with his chances of breaking into the Arsenal team fairly slim.
Ramos is into his ninth
season at Real Madrid and has racked up over 350
appearances for Los Blancos and has three La
Liga title winners medals to his name, not to mention 109 national team caps, two European Championship triumphs and of course a World Cup winner to boot.
Valdes is a proven talent who spent 12
seasons in the Nou Camp first team set - up, racking 535
appearances for the Catalan giants and winning numerous major honours including six La
Liga titles and three Champions League crowns.
The 27 - year - old managed 15 goals in 29 La
Liga appearances last
season, and also contributed 10 assists, although he was ultimately unable to help the Meregues secure any silverware.
This campaign, Vidal has been involved more than compared to previous
seasons, with the Spaniard making a total of 20
appearances for Valverde's side this
season, with the majority of these coming in La
Liga.
The 19 - year - old has made 25 La
Liga appearances so far this
season, contributing four assists as well as carrying out his defensive duties in that time, and will have undoubtedly enjoyed gaining regular first - team experience.
Benzema's 15 goals and 10 assists 29 La
Liga appearances last
season mark him out as the class of player Wenger needs if he is going to mount a Premier League title challenge.
Last
season the 27 - year - old managed 15 goals and 10 assists in 29 La
Liga appearances, and he has also got the experience of winning multiple league titles and the Champions League.
Rodriguez made just 22 La
Liga appearances last
season, scoring eight goals and providing six assists.
The 25 - year - old has scored seven goals and provided seven assists in 40
appearances so far this
season, but only one of those assists have come in his last seven La
Liga outings with no goals in that time.
Rodriguez joined Madrid from Monaco for a similar price just three years ago, but with the Spanish giants amazing array of talent he has found it hard to pin down a regular spot in the starting line - up, and was restricted to just 22 La
Liga appearances last
season.
The 20 - year - old midfielder is considered a top prospect by the Catalan giants, and he's bagged nine goals and four assists in 28 La
Liga 2
appearances this
season, while featuring three times for the senior side in the Copa Del Rey.
The Ghanaian has scored four times in 20
appearances this
season for the Primeira
Liga side, which seems to have been enough to attract the interest of the Red Devils.
Ceballos made 35
appearances in all competitions last
season and has started both Real Betis's La
Liga fixtures this term.
He has scored 22 league goals in each of the past two
seasons, plus nine in 21 La
Liga and Champions League
appearances so far this term.
The moves make sense as the La
Liga outfit need to find a long - term successor for Andres Iniesta who turns 34 next year, while Suarez has had his struggles so far this
season, scoring just three goals and providing three assists in 14
appearances in all competitions.
Whether or not there is any truth in the story remains to be seen, as ultimately a player who has scored 20 goals in 35 La
Liga appearances so far this
season isn't going to be easily attainable.
During his previous spell in La
Liga, when Falcao spent two
seasons at Atletico Madrid, the lethal marksman bagged 70 goals in 91
appearances and Enrique would look to the Colombian to offer a strong back - up option to his first - choice striking trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
The 21 - year - old was an important figure for Real Madrid last
season, scoring 10 goals in 38
appearances for the club as they secured the La
Liga and Champions League double.
Griezmann has scored 52 goals in 94 La
Liga appearances since joining the capital club from Real Sociedad in 2014, but it looks as though he'll have two big options to start a new challenge in England ahead of next
season.
The midfielder spent last
season on loan with La
Liga side Deportivo Alaves, and started 36 matches throughout the campaign, as well as picking up two substitute
appearances.
Martinez, who made 34
appearances in the league last
season for Sociedad, signed a new contract with the club in April last year, with the La
Liga side unwilling to raise his # 26M release clause, as per the Sun.
The former Ajax central defender joined the Saints on a
season - long loan deal from La
Liga giants Atletico Madrid last summer and went on to make 26 league
appearances under manager Ronald Koeman.
The Spanish stopper, who is yet to make an
appearance for the Red Devils this
season, has been heavily linked with a move to
Liga BBVA giants Real Madrid this summer but as of yet to the two clubs haven't been able to agree a fee for the 24 - year - old.
Suarez has been prolific for Barcelona since his arrival from Anfield and has 22 La
Liga goals in 26
appearances this
season so far.
Suarez made 22
appearances for the Spanish giants on their way to the La
Liga title and an
appearance in the Champions League final, but has apparently fallen out of favour under Diego Simeone this
season.
Ronaldo moved to the Bernabeu in an # 80m switch in the summer of 2009 but despite his mercurial efforts, 255 goals in 250
appearances, Real Madrid have won just one La
Liga title in the five completed
seasons the Portuguese international has been in the Spanish capital.
Isco impressed in his first
season at Malaga, making 32
appearances, helping Manuel Pellegrini's side to fourth place, the club's best ever La
Liga finish.
Saul had a breakout
season with the club last year for Atletico, scoring four goals in 24 La
Liga appearances.
The 24 - year - old is a key member of the La
Liga side's starting XI and has made 33
appearances for Granada this
season, scoring three goals.
During the 2015 - 16
season, Talisca made three goals in 20
appearances in Primeira
Liga en route to league title and league cup honors.
Last
season Suso was on loan at Spanish club Almeria, for whom he made 33 La
Liga appearances, scoring three goals and providing seven assists in the process.
Pedro has completed eight
seasons in the Barcelona first team set - up, netting 98 goals in 318
appearances, and collecting a host of honours including five La
Liga titles and three Champions League winners» medals.
The 30 - year - old has barely played for the Catalan club since arriving from Arsenal in 2014, making just 11 La
Liga appearances in two
seasons.
Griezmann has notched 26 goals for Atletico this
season across 43
appearances in all competitions, in a Diego Simeone side who came closest to spoiling Barcelona's return to the top of La
Liga.
The move brings to an end a successful two -
season spell at Málaga for the player who scored 14 goals in 69
Liga appearances at La Rosaleda while helping Los Boquerones to a first UEFA Champions League
appearance where they reached last
season's quarter - finals.
Despite an injury - riddled
season in 2016/17, he impressed when he could, making 2.4 tackles per game in his 17 La
Liga appearances (which also included a few as right - back).
This
season he has been limited to just five
appearances in La
Liga, one in the Champions League and six in the Copa del Rey.
This
season Sousa Esgaio has made 19
appearances in the Portuguese Primeira
Liga.
This
season Wilson Eduardo has made six
appearances in the Portuguese Primeira
Liga.
This
season Radosav Petrovic has made one
appearance in the Portuguese Primeira
Liga.
Khedira is yet to make a La
Liga start this
season, with only four
appearances as a substitute, but has been told by Ancelotti he will have a bigger role towards the end of the
season.