La Liga News, Transfers, Match Reports & Updates – Football Espana
Real Madrid have a chequered record of blooding the youngsters that emerge from their talented youth system of late, with Raul Asencio keeping a Castilla presence in the side after the exits of Lucas Vazquez and Nacho Fernandez. Recent history has seen Los Blancos tend to prefer to sell their players on with a buyback option, rather than try to develop them in the first team.
That has been the case with the likes of Takefusa Kubo, Rafa Marin and Nico Paz of late. With defender Joan Martinez, there has been little suggestion of that though – Los Blancos appear to feel he is good enough to make the leap without an intermediary step. Last year he was sidelined with a cruciate ligament…
