In full sadness for the honorable elimination of Castilla in the playoff promotion to Second Division, Raúl once again showed that he believes that his future is Real Madrid. Asked why he will do, being as he is in the pools to succeed Zidane, the Seven offered himself to the entity. “Coaching the first team? I'm a club man and I'm happy here.”Raúl explained from the press room of the Nuevo Vivero de Badajoz.
A double message, especially that of happiness in Valdebebas, because two weeks ago he received a firm offer from Eintracht to jump onto a professional bench and do it at this Bundesliga club. “I became a coach to be at home, but this is not the time to talk about this”, was the next thing the Castilla coach commented. A public declaration of intent to Madrid to show their commitment as a Real Madrid player.
The Seven also had words of encouragement for his pupils. “It is a day to be happy because the boys have given the maximum 120 minutes. They have made an effort, they have suffered”, Raúl analyzed. “The game could have been decided for either team. I am proud. There is a great future here.” A phrase that later crowned with another that sounds premonitory. “This is not the end, it is the beginning of very beautiful things”. Raúl tells Real Madrid that he is ready.
Without clasp to a golden year
Raúl won the UEFA Youth League last August, the club's first. His objective was to culminate that Juvenile success with another with Castilla, the promotion of Castilla after seven years in Second B. He could not achieve it, but he is appreciated satisfied. “It is a year for everyone to be happy at the club, for congratulations”, He said. A very efficient work in the shade with many difficulties (two outbreaks of COVID in the squad, calls from key players such as Blanco, Gutiérrez and Arribas to the first team …) that value Raúl's preparation for higher levels than the quarry football.