"We have not hired Ted Lasso to make a big change," he said ... Baena, now 23, is the latest Villarreal academy success. He was in the Spain squads that won the Euros and Olympic Gold in 2024.

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But Villarreal chief executive Fernando Roig stressed to BBC Sport no single person at the club "is a magician". "We have not hired Ted Lasso to make a big change," he said.