The first appearance of Franco Mastanuono with Real Madrid already arouses strong controversy in Spain. Coming into play against Osasuna on Tuesday, during the Real 1-0 victory, with number 30, that of the reserve team, the young Argentinian is accused of having been irregularly registered by the Madrid club. Miguel Galán, lawyer and president of the National Center for Football Coaches (Cenafe), believes that Real has been guilty of a “Incorrect alignment”recalling that the player, recruited for 60 million euros, in fact belongs to the first team and not to Castilla. Consequently, Osasuna has 24 hours after the meeting to file an appeal to the RFEF competition committee, which could lead to a defeat on the green carpet for the Merengues.
Beyond the match against Osasuna, the case highlights a regulatory flaw likely to weaken Real Madrid in the coming weeks. According to Sportas long as Mastantuono does not really evolve with the reserve team, its participation in the official meetings of the professional group will remain legally questionable. The case also questions the choice of number 30, presented as a personal whim of the player, but unlike the spirit of the regulation of the numbers in Liga. A strategy that allows the Real to release a place in the workforce and to lighten his calculation of financial fair play, but which could well turn against him if the federal authorities decided to sanction the club. The countdown is launched for the Merengues.
