The day Silva was about to play for Real Madrid

If ten years in the same team today seems like an eternity in a football dominated by a dizzying market, fate could make David Silva mark an era at Real Madrid. While still a child, with only 12 years I spent some tests with the white team in the old Sports City. It was still the last century, 1998. He traveled to Madrid accompanied by his father, Fernando, and by Vicente Miranda, then president of the Arguineguín. His qualities impressed Míchel himself, who came to see his son's progress in the white quarry. “This one stays safe”, said the ex-footballer, according to Miranda said in 2007 in AS. At La Fábrica, he was ruled out due to his short stature. “When you have to make 100 decisions a year, it is normal for some to be wrong,” lamented Sixto Alonso, the scout who had recommended him.

Coinciding with the turn of the century, Silva ended up landing at the age of 14 at Valencia. From there he left on loan to Eibar in 2004-05 to become a professional in the Second Division. His time at the gunsmith team earned him a 'presentation' with Real Madrid. A gesture in a match against Lleida (he threw the ball out in the discount with a tie on the scoreboard and in a clear goal disposition when he realized that there was a rival lying on the ground), earned him the Human Values ​​Award in the Sport. Butragueño and Di Stéfano presented him with the award and posed next to Silva wearing a Madrid shirt with their inseparable number 21 as if it were a presentation. He never got to dress her. Although quality to have done it has clearly shown that it is not lacking …