Spanish media Relevo recently paid attention to the current situation of Real Madrid's youth training camp, and pointed out a common problem: even if there are personnel vacancies in the first team, manager Carlo Ancelotti also tends not to use the young players of the youth training camp.
According to the outlet, players, coaches, parents of players and other staff at Real Madrid's youth camp have formed a consensus that Ancelotti favors experienced veterans over promoting youth stars in his hiring. This strategy was particularly evident after Carvajal suffered a serious knee injury. The youth players who were expected to take this opportunity to get more playing time found out that Vazquez would replace Carvajal as the starter, while Militão and Valverde were only used as temporary replacements.
Faced with this reality, a number of young players from the youth academy chose to leave. The likes of Nico Paz, Arribas and Rafa Marin all clearly recognized the difficulty of getting a chance to play in Real Madrid's first team and decided to seek other avenues of development.
At the same time, Real Madrid is also actively looking for a new right back candidate to cope with Carvajal's injury brought about by the lineup vacancy. Liverpool's Arnold has become the team's preferred target, but it is reported that Real Madrid has not yet made a clear plan to introduce.
A parent of a youth player expressed his helplessness at the current situation in an interview, "We spent a long time in Real Madrid's youth camp, but we still couldn't get a chance to break into the first team. Now my child's dream is to join Getafe, and just being able to play in La Liga is already a huge success."
