La Fabrica is one of the best training centers in the world, and the latest players from the Merengue academy like Nico Paz clearly confirm this. Generally speaking, there are many players trained in the ranks of the Madrid training center across Europe, and the CIES has, on several occasions, confirmed that Real Madrid is the biggest supplier of first division players in Europe. However, when it comes to training, Real Madrid is often – and this is logical – in the shadow of its great enemy, FC Barcelona. And for good reason, the Catalan team uses players trained at home much more regularly than the Madrilenians, and this is still the case at the moment, with a large generation of players made in La Masia in the Barcelona squad.
But in recent weeks, Real Madrid have seen several youngsters from the academy take over. With the arrival of Alvaro Arbeloa on the sidelines, a fine connoisseur of young merengue teams, players like CĂ©sar Palacios, Manuel Ăngel, Diego Aguado, Daniel Yåñez and especially Thiago Pitarch, the darling of the Madrid coach who is also becoming the darling of the Santiago BernabĂ©u. At only 18 years old, the Spanish midfielder has had some busy weeks recently, with numerous starts and, above all, top-notch performances, even more so in a position like midfielder where we know that maturity and experience are essential assets. Against Manchester City on Tuesday evening, the player trained at La Fabrica shocked everyone again, as in the first leg. âI donât know how to pronounce his name but⊠what a match! »Thierry Henry got carried away about it on CBS.
Good luck getting him out of eleven!
But beyond his footballing qualities which are already known to everyone, Pitarch could mark a turning point in Real Madrid’s transfer window policy. In the Spanish capital, more and more voices are being raised to demand more opportunities for the young people of Real Madrid Castilla. And Pitarch is proof that when they have an opportunity, these young people are able to seize it and make things happen. âYou recruit Rodri for 50 million euros or Enzo Fernandez for 120 million euros, but there is no point spending 80 million euros on Kees Smit. If it’s to take Kees Smit, you might as well bet on Thiago Pitarch or Manuel Angel. Betting on young people from the training center can save you a lot of money. For me, Real Madrid must think in the following way: spend money on proven players over 25 years old, and not on hopefuls, because you already have them at home and they are performing well.declared journalist Eloy Lecina on the Cadena SER.
Suffice to say that we necessarily think of the transfer of Franco Mastantuono, recruited for 60 million euros, and which is part of this desire of the leaders to snatch up all the nuggets before they explode elsewhere, even if it means closing the doors to the young people of the training center. The explosion of a player like Thiago Pitarch – which could be followed by the returns of Nico Paz or Jacobo Ramon – could therefore well push the Merengue staff to review their plans for the next transfer windows. Just like, whether we like it or not, there is this background of rivalry with Barça and the desire to have, like the Catalans have with Cubarsi or Lamine Yamal, major players trained at home. On the side of the Spanish capital, some already want to see him in Luis de la Fuente’s group for the next break, which would also inflict a hard blow on Morocco, which hopes to recover the player who has some ancestors from the North African country. Which would also greatly delight Madrid fans who see how, in recent years, Barça is over-represented compared to Real Madrid in the selection. With Thiago Pitarch, perhaps a new era has just started in MadridâŠ
