Former Wolves and Premier League loanee Willian Jose believes he is in the ‘best’ form of his career after the La Liga veteran scored again for Real Betis at the weekend.
Isco did most of the good work, as he so often does in the green-and-white of Real Betis. And Willian Jose was on hand to profit. As he so often does in the green-and-white of Real Betis. Well, this season anyway.
Taking his tally to 10 for the season thanks to that Isco-inspired winner against Las Palmas on Sunday, 31-year-old Willian Jose has doubled his total from the entirety of 2022/23 in 24 fewer games.
This has been quite the return to prominence from a man who was among La Liga’s most highly-rated frontmen not so long ago, joining Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan back some 12 months after finding himself the subject of a couple of bids from Tottenham Hotspur in 2020.
Willian Jose scored only once fo Wolves
“This is football. What is good today is bad tomorrow and vice versa. I am at my best, but I want more,” the 31-year-old beams, speaking to Movistar after his match-winning contribution vs Las Palmas.
Jose’s 10 goals, meanwhile, have come in just 10 starts across all competitions. Six in his last four too, including a Copa del Rey blitz against lower-league Hernan Cortes. As such, this looks certain to become Jose’s most prolific season since his Real Sociedad heyday all the way back in 2017/18.
“I am very happy for him,” Betis boss Manuel Pellegrini smiles (DAZN). “His game has changed. He is waiting for chances that he can convert and he is converting them.”
La Liga’s most in-form striker
Unfortunately for Wolves, the goals did not flow quite so freely for WIllian Jose at Molineux. There was just the one in 18 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, a miserly return scuppering his hopes of a permanent £18 million move.
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