More options for Brahim Real Madrid Injuries could provide opportunity

Even in his wildest dreams, it is unlikely that new Real Madrid signing Brahim Diaz thought he would be able to play so much in his first week after arriving in the Spanish capital, but injuries mean that he could feature against Real Betis on Sunday.

The 19-year-old made his debut in the 3-0 Copa del Rey victory over Leganes on Wednesday evening, coming on for a brief cameo towards the end of the game, and it is expected that he will add to these minutes due to Madrid's lack of attacking options for the game at the Benito Villamarin.

Santiago Solari will have some interesting decisions to make by Sunday night regarding his starting line-up with Vinicius Junior having missed training on Friday due to flu, Lucas Vazquez being suspended after his red card against Real Sociedad, and the trio of Gareth Bale, Mariano Diaz and Marco Asensio are injured, leaving Karim Benzema as the only available pure forward.

Fortunately for Solari, Brahim is very versatile and will be chomping at the bit to feature; he could play on either wing or in the No. 10 position, behind Benzema.

It is definitely being considered that Brahim will play, particularly after he has adapted to life at Los Blancos so quickly.

If he is to play against Betis, it would cap off a crazy week for the former Manchester City midfielder; he was presented on Monday, trained with his teammates for the first time on Tuesday, and made his debut on the Wednesday.

At this point of the season, Madrid are a train that Brahim is trying to jump on but with the dearth of available attacking options at present, it may be a little easier than he'd initially imagined.