He Real Madrid rubs his hands thinking about the future. Raúl and his Juveniles from the Generation Z blanca (Miguel Gutiérrez, Arribas, Morante, Latasa …) fulfilled one of the aspirations of the entity, to be European Youth Champions by winning the first UEFA Youth League for the club, a prestigious yardstick to measure future promises. A litter that Madrid has in a safe place. The majority of them They have long contracts (some until 2024) and will go under Raúl's wing at Castilla. A title in which footballers already listed as Antonio Blanco have come out even more reinforced.
It so happens that the Cordovan White and his countryman Miguel Baeza were the most prominent of Castilla last year. Baeza was going to play in this Youth League but a week before he was transferred to Celta for three million euros (50% of his pass). A good scale of the price that Blanco would have in the market. Have contract until 2022 but it will be extended. The intention of the player and the club at the end of the castillista season was to wait another year in the subsidiary before making the jump to a First Division.
There are more homegrown players returning to Madrid with their expanded status. Luis Lopez (saved a decisive penalty to win the final against Benfica) has been pushing in the goalkeeping casting of Valdebebas from his U-19 international status and will go up to Castilla to be Altube's alternative, the third goalkeeper of the first team who also plays with the subsidiary, after Belman's withdrawal. Two indisputable starters also stood out in this final phase of the Youth League, Sergio Arribas and Carlos Dotor. The two, with a contract until 2023, have a guaranteed place in the next Castilla 2020-21. So do players like the right back Sergio santos (a position that worried the club), the midfielder Morante and Pablo Ramon and Xavi Sintes, the two Balearic pearls that Madrid signed last year for € 1.2M to Mallorca. They will occupy the positions left by players like the so far Castilla captain Álvaro Fidalgo, who is leaving for Castellón. Players who were already under Raúl's orders will follow such as Marvin, one of the most prominent in the European triumph, and Victor Chust, who served as captain of the Juvenile.
Special mention deserves Miguel Gutierrez, three of total influence (he scored in the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the final) and a footballer very close to the orbit of the first team. He was the only Juvenile that Zidane cited after confinement and was on the list for the match against Espanyol. Much requested from the Premier, Madrid made him an important contract to keep him in Valdebebas until 2024. It will be one of the pillars of the new Castilla.
Arribas celebrates a goal with Miguel Gutiérrez and Marvin in the Youth League final against Benfica.
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Those who take the witness …
There is a group of footballers who have been among the 21 chosen who have conquered the title in Nyon but their future is to continue growing in Youth A because last season they belonged to one of the two lower Youth. It is the striking case of the youngest of the group, Israel Salazar. Room He is 17 years old and happens to be the most prolific filmmaker of all Factory (this course exceeded 150 goals in four years) and Raúl has called him a few times with Castilla. He will jump from Juvenil C to Juvenil A and there will be no rush with him because Castilla have the position of center forward covered with Pedro (he is back from a serious knee injury) and Latasa. To Youth A will also pass, in principle, three champions who traveled as Youth B. It is the goalkeeper Lucas Cañizares and the Alcazar and Carrillo defenses. Also the Granada striker Oscar Aranda and the extreme Peter, a bet of the entity, that He shielded him long ago until 2023 with a professional contract.
Being European champions revalues a group of homegrown players because new stars have passed through the Youth League from the carats of Mbappé (Monaco), Sancho (City), Leory Sané (Schalke), Joao Félix (Benfica) or Kinsgley Coman (PSG). Players who have left a lot of money in Madrid (Marcos Llorente, € 30M) were blanked there at the same time or are going to do so, in the event of Borja Mayoral, still current historical top scorer of the tournament with 15 goals and who now lives the courtship of Valencia, Lazio and Fiorentina.