Álvaro, the Madrid youth squad that makes United dream

“Who is Álvaro Fernández?”. The question asked this summer by Manchester Evening News Now United fans are starting to do it too. It's about a 17-year-old Galician left-back forged in Factory of Real Madrid until last summer and now, in just three months in the red devils, starts to shine with Manchester United's Under-23 team. A forward, just a step away from Solksjaer and the first team at Old Trafford …

Madrid and Álvaro Fernández parted ways in July. He three from El Ferrol ended the contract and although The Madrid club wanted to retain him, the boy preferred Manchester United's sports proposal as promptly reported by AS. The background of the decision is that it had a cap on top and that the English proposal was very attractive. “Álvaro is a footballer with a great future who has been hurt by having Miguel Gutiérrez in front of him”, explains people closely linked to Factory. “But conditions for him to do well in England, he has them, his verticality and his centers will like there.” United have seen them and fast. In addition to sign four seasons professional contract, after his successful debut in the U-18 team (Álvaro even scored a 5-1 goal against Burnley) and in the following weeks, the British entity's pulse did not tremble to go up to the U-23 now, with the one who has recently played two games. The idea of ​​United is that he begins to exercise as regularly as possible with the first team…

Álvaro Fernández had been drawing the attention of analysts in the lower categories for years, first from Madrid and then from United. Madrid was ahead in his signing to Barça three years ago when the boy stood out in the Cadet of Deportivo de La Coruña. Last season he was in Juvenil C alternating with another very promising left back, Of the Viper, who signed his first professional contract with Madrid last year. Álvaro was the winger and De la Víbora, on many occasions, acted as a winger.

That was last year, now he is showing up in the United Under-23 where he shares a dressing room, by the way, with another Spaniard, the expert Arnau Puigmal.