Photo by Domenic Aquilina/NurPhoto via Getty Images After months of uncertainty, the highly-rated right-back is staying in Madrid thanks to Xabi Alonso and Álvaro Arbeloa’s influence—and he may finally get his first-team chance this summer. Jesss Fortea is expected to sign a new contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the club until…

Photo by Daniel Jayo/Getty Images Franco Mastantuono is edging closer to becoming a Real Madrid player, but fans hoping to see him in Spain this summer will need to wait a bit longer. According to a new report from Marca, Real Madrid have all but secured an agreement with the 16-year-old Argentine prodigy — but…

Photo by Jeroen van den Berg/Soccrates/Getty Images Real Madrid’s summer of structural change continues to unfold, and while most of the spotlight has been on the first team and Castilla, the club’s youth academy—La Fábrica—is also undergoing a period of transition. Alvaro Arbeloa has been promoted from Juvenil A to Castilla, leaving his former role…

Photo by Miguel Lemos/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The defender will become a Real Madrid player ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, according to MARCA. Real Madrid and Benfica are set to finalize the details of their deal for left-back Alvaro Carreras, who will become a Real Madrid player ahead of the upcoming FIFA Club…

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Photo by Pau Barrena/Getty Images Quique Sanchez Flores believes the media spotlight will be on the players, not Alonso, and will give Madrid’s new coach room to act. Quique Sánchez Flores, speaking on Cadena Ser’s El Larguero program, offered thoughtful insight into Real Madrid’s future under Xabi Alonso. He believes Alonso will energize a team…

Kiyan and Lucas go through this week’s mailbag On this Members-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete discuss: What is Endrick’s ceiling? Florian Wirtz bid — is it true? How to know which news to believe Our favourite Real Madrid goal ever and favourite goal celebration ever Franco Mastantuono What…

Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images Recently on the Managing Madrid Podcast, on the monthly live Zoom call for La Liga Tier Members, Kiyan Sobhani, Sam Sharpe, and Mehedi Hassan were discussing Castilla’s season, and in particular, how good Gonzalo Garcia is. Real Madrid are heavily linked with Ante Budimir, who is a Joselu-type veteran striker…