Before knowing which Bad Bunny or Rosalia song will be the summer hit among our Spanish neighbors, there has already been the spring hit: Thiago Pitarch. Launched into the deep end by Alvaro Arbeloa, the 18-year-old midfielder trained at La Fabrica was given responsibility in high-stakes matches, such as the two Champions League round of 16 matches against Manchester City. An explosion which delighted the Merengue supporters, very happy to see a young local have opportunities in the first team, which is quite rare in Madrid in recent years, with Raul Asencio as the only one canterano to be established over time.
Especially since, given the complicated media-sporting context around the team, the young Spanish-Moroccan produced rather satisfactory copies. Quite the opposite of certain competitors, like Eduardo Camavinga for example. Pitarch thus embodied a certain renewal, a certain breath of fresh air in a Bernabéu annoyed by the behavior and performances of some of its major players. But recently, the player who is at the heart of a “war” between Spain and Morocco has more or less disappeared…
Back to square one
“Thiago Pitarch, back to reality. The player trained at the club was Arbeloa’s big bet, but his presence was diluted during key moments of the season and without injuries.writes for example the daily Marca. Indeed, if Pitarch was one of the first names written on Alvaro Arbeloa’s eleven when he made his compositions in February or March, he has disappeared from the coach’s starting teams recently. For example, he did not play a single minute in his team’s last two La Liga matches, against Girona and Alavés, just as he had to be content with a few minutes during the return match against Bayern Munich.
A return to the closet which is explained, in part, by the return from injury of Jude Bellingham. But not only that. For the end of the season, Alvaro Arbeloa seems to want to rely on his old guard, and Eduardo Camavinga also seems to have moved forward. There is probably a desire to play players like the Frenchman in order to revalue him with a view to a sale. The various rumors concerning the arrival of one or more midfielders at Real this summer also do not bode well for him. Some media like Defensa Central are already discussing the possibility of seeing him leave the club on loan this summer to get significant playing time elsewhere…
