La Liga 2025-26 🇪🇸: five French players to watch this season 🔎 | OneFootball

Like Ligue 1 and the Premier League, La Liga is back this weekend. To mark the occasion, OneFootball presents the five French players to keep a close eye on this season in Spain!

5️⃣ Thomas Lemar - Girona

After seven seasons with Atlético Madrid, Thomas Lemar is set to experience a new club.

On loan to Girona from the Madrid outfit, Lemar will attempt to revive a career that has been stalled for several months. And what better way to do so than with an ambitious team hoping to bounce back from a mediocre 2024-25 season with an ambitious team?

4️⃣ Antoine Griezmann - Atlético Madrid

While he was rumored to be close to joining the MLS, Antoine Griezmann has finally extended his contract with Atlético Madrid until 2027.

The 2018 World Cup winner is delaying his departure to the United States, with the ultimate goal of winning his first Liga title with Los Colchoneros. So, is 2025-26 the season he finally achieves it, or is it just another year?

3️⃣ Eduardo Camavinga - Real Madrid

What if Xabi Alonso's arrival on the Real Madrid bench allows Eduardo Camavinga to finally become an undisputed starter in Madrid?

Since joining in 2021, the former Rennes player has oscillated between being a starter and a substitute in big games. The start of a new era with Xabi Alonso could be beneficial for him. One to watch!

2️⃣ Jules Koundé - FC Barcelona

As the only French player in FC Barcelona's squad, Jules Koundé is, by default, the only French champion of Spain for the 2025-26 season!

Like Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Pedri, and co., Jules Koundé will have to confirm his exceptional 2024-25 season this year.

1️⃣ Kylian Mbappé - Real Madrid

Was Kylian Mbappé's first year at Real Madrid a success or a failure? The debate has been raging since the end of last season!

As the current Golden Boot winner, the French captain will be expected to retain his title as the top scorer in European leagues, but also to help Real Madrid win titles again!

If Mbappé wants to be the star of Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid, the new number 10 cannot afford to miss this 2025-26 season...

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