Real Madrid has a rather young squad, and is currently experiencing a sort of generational transition. Players who are still relatively young like Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, Eduardo Camavinga or Aurélien Tchouameni, to name just a few, are taking over. At the same time, Karim Benzema has left, and players like Luka Modric or Toni Kroos are losing a little importance. However, Madrid observers and fans draw another observation: the young players of La Fabrica ultimately have very few opportunities to show themselves in the first team. It is the young players recruited elsewhere who have the opportunities.
As explained Relevo, there is a sort of spite and resignation among the players trained at La Fabrica. They no longer dream, and no longer have the goal, of reaching the first team and trying to establish themselves there. The media notably relays comments from some of them, which clearly reflect the situation: “we want to become pro and we know that it is very complicated. But playing in the first team at Real Madrid is impossible.”. It must be said that in recent years, few players trained at the club have established themselves, and if we put aside the old guard made up of Nacho, Carvajal or Lucas Vazquez, there is only Fran Garcia, with a move to Rayo Vallecano in the meantime, which has recently been able to find a place.
The young Catalans are having a blast
Resigned, the pure products of Valdebebas are therefore often condemned to try their luck elsewhere, like Sergio Arribas, whom many considered as a player capable of being at least useful in the rotation. Having left for Almeria, the attacking midfielder is also quite efficient, with 4 goals in 10 La Liga matches in Andalusia. At the same time, on the Barcelona side, . A striking contrast, which can partly be explained by the financial situation of the Catalans which logically pushes them to have more trust in young people, but which is still causing talk in Spain.
Is this a quality or level problem? Not necessarily, since Real Madrid is regularly the club with the most club-trained players playing in clubs in the 5 major European championships. Players like Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Marcos Llorente, Alvaro Morata, Mario Hermoso (Atlético de Madrid) or even Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), who completed his training in Madrid, are good examples. Madrid trainers are able to produce players with at least the level to claim a place in the squad. But Carlo Ancelotti obviously doesn’t see things that way…
