On this Friday afternoon, Borja Mayoral's march to Roma was made official. The operation, a loan for two years. Although, yes, the Italian team saves a purchase option at the end of each season. One more dismissal of Real Madrid that leaves LaLiga Santander with the direction of Italy. And it has already become something more than just fashion. What's more, he is the second player for the white team, after Brahim and his signing for Milan, who leaves during this market with the same destination: Serie A.
This airlift was re-erected in the summer of 2013. The arrival of Carlo Ancelotti meant cleaning up the Real Madrid dressing room. Precisely, the “broom” pointed and ended with the figures of Raúl Albiol, José Callejón and Gonzalo Higuaín. However, fate, worth the redundancy, had a surprise in store for them. Naples threw the bow to the three players and took them to southern Italy. The blame? Rafa Benítez and his landing in the Neapolitan team was enough to seduce his board of directors and the three ex-Madridistas.
However, the progression of the trident, stagnant in the merengue set, was upward. Especially since 2015, when Maurizio Sarri took over from the Naples bench. With him, in addition to implementing the harmonic game that made Europe fall in love, he created an environment where all of them once again felt indisputable. Albiol forged a guarantee behind with Kalidou Koulibaly; Callejón became a club legend where he has spent up to seven seasons anchored on the right wing, sharing the lead with Mertens and Insigne. While, for his part, Higuaín, despite going out the back door with his signing for Juventus, broke the record for goals in the same Serie A campaign with 36 in total.
Precisely, to that Juventus that another ex-Madridista like Sami Khedira was going to arrive in the summer of 2015. The German has gone from more to less, losing more and more prominence. However, he has always been a more than valid footballer during Massimiliano Allegri's stage on the bench of ‘Vecchia Signora’. Five seasons later, he will leave Turin with five ‘Scudetti’, three Cups and one Italian Super Cup in his record.
After four years of waiting, Theo Hernández was going to be another former Real Madrid player to join the list. The French, without a place with the veteran and fixed Marcelo, in addition to the incorporation of his compatriot Ferland Mendy, forced him to look for a way out. It was Milan who welcomed him with open arms. And after a bad start for the team, the arrival of Stefano Pioli as the new coach, added to that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the winter market, gave a boost to the ‘rossonero’ team. Such was the impact and evolution of Theo that he was one of the best players on the team, as well as one of the top scorers with seven goals, in addition to his six assists.
Just this summer of 2020, Theo will share a dressing room with Brahim Díaz. A priori, the one from Malaga will be a short experience in the city of Milan, since his signing is a loan for a course. Real Madrid is aware of the growth and good performance of the French, so it looks for something similar with one of its pearls. And they do not go astray, since In four games he has played, he has already made his debut in the Italian Serie A with his goal against Crotone in the second league match.
A very “spagnola” Rome
A list that has not stopped growing with another Real Madrid march to Italy. On this occasion, and for the second time in this transfer window, it is the aforementioned Borja Mayoral. In his case, Rome is his destination. Coincidentally, the eternal rival of Lazio, a team that also took great interest in him at the beginning of the market.
Of course, in the ‘wolf’, a team led by the Portuguese Paulo fonseca, It will coincide with four other Spaniards. That is, adding a total of five: goalkeeper Pau López, midfielder Gonzalo Villar, wingers Pedro Rodríguez and Carles Pérez.
Other historical marches of Real Madrid players, whether they were stars, discards, or were in the twilight of their careers, were those of Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Ronaldo Nazario (Milan), Luis Figo, Esteban Cambiasso and Santiago Solari (Inter ) or Martín Vázquez (Torino).