The Norwegian striker is being a fundamental part of Imanol Alguacil’s scheme and has become the perfect replacement for Umar Sadiq
The season in San Sebastián began in the worst possible way, as their star signing of the season was seriously injured. Umar Sadiq would miss the remainder of the season and the Real society turned back to Sorloth as an emergency striker. He did it despite the fact that the footballer had already been in the team the previous season and had left many doubts.
However, in his second season with the txuri-urdin team, all these doubts have been dispelled. His level on the pitch is still very high and he offers many avenues of attack to Alguacil’s team. Of course, despite his good level, the future of Sorloth on the Real society It is not guaranted. In fact, at the moment its continuity is more complicated than ever.
Sorloth, a problem for Real Sociedad
So far this season, the Norwegian footballer has scored 10 goals in 20 games with Real Sociedad. A very good figure for a footballer who had no place at RB Leipzig and who was running out of opportunities at the highest level. But the San Sebastian club has managed to rescue him for the cause and now he is an indispensable piece in Imanol Alguacil’s scheme.
However, due to its good level, its market value is revaluing. His bad seasons have caused his value to fall from 20 to 10 million euros in just two years, but now this value has stabilized. He is no longer the promising youngster he was years ago, but he is still a very useful footballer to perform at the highest level of European football.
The Real Sociedad has to decide on his forwards
No purchase option was included in the loan agreement with the German team, so at the end of the season he will return to his home club. The Real society he regrets not having included an option worth about 10 million euros, which would have been accepted without problems by RB Leipzig, where they did not have the player at all and where they wanted to recover part of the investment made in his signing.
Now, Sorloth’s future at Real Sociedad seems to be complicated. Next year the club will have a recovered Umar Sadiq, with Oyarzabal back in full physical shape, with Carlos Fernández and Karrikaburu. Between them they will have to make a decision to be the starter of the team, which aims to be the Nigerian striker. That is why the Norwegian could have to look for another destination away from San Sebastián.