He Real Madrid It does not stop giving out to homegrown players this summer (Achraf, Óscar Rodríguez …) but others take the baton and stick their heads out of Zidane's plans. It is the case of Antonio Blanco, the most future midfielder right now in Factory. A midfielder that has Raúl dazzled and that is starting to seduce Zizou. As AS was able to know, the Marseillais is pleasantly surprised by the growth of the young footballer (20 years old) from Córdoba and even more so now that he is being able to see him closely in this atypical preseason and almost 'bunkerized' in Valdebebas.
It is coming in handy for Blanco to be able to perform the functions of Casemiro (without a natural replacement in the squad) and Kroos, two relevant roles in Zizou's Madrid. Acceptable in his recovery work, where he is influenced by measuring just 1.76 meters, his ball exit is an exquisite criterion. Factors that are bringing him closer to the first team after being the best of Castilla 2019-20 with his countryman Miguel Baeza (transferred last month to Celta de Vigo for € 3M). Raúl has been using him as his extension on the field. Both in his line-ups with Castilla, where he played in 23 of the 28 matches played by the Whites before the abrupt end of the season, as well as in the recent success for the Whites in winning the UEFA Youth League against Benfica in Nyon (Switzerland). There, Raúl also left command operations in the hands of Blanco. A good part of the white title passed through his head and feet.
A responsibility that has never been too great for him. Blanco arrived in Valdebebas in 2013 and in his growing soccer curriculum he has the be European U-17 champion (he also went to the World Cup) and U-19 with the National Team. His doctorate at the Madrid academy has been cooking him with leadership seasoned with goals from far, far away.
Blanco, in the semifinals of the last UEFA Youth League that Real Madrid won.
How far he expects Madrid to arrive. So much that it was agreed with him not to go out this summer despite being one of the castillistas with the most proposals to go out to a Primera. The club wanted have him in Valdebebas, near the first team, at least one more year. White, like Miguel Gutierrez, he three fashionable of Factory, they aim to be habitual at least in the dynamics of Zidane for this incipient Real Madrid 2020-21.