Fortea already poses in white
The situation
A juvenile broke the truce; the ‘peace’ between Real Madrid and Atletico. Jesus Fortea (Albal, 15 years old), after three seasons growing up in Alcalá and defending the red-and-white colors, is now posing as a new Real Madrid player . A change of sides that he has staged on his own Instagram account, smiling with the Madridista jersey and writing a brief message: “Very happy with this new challenge. Go Madrid”. Fortea is one of the seven Atlético de Madrid academy players who, according to Cadena SER, have offered themselves to Madrid in recent weeks. The first to sign; who knows if not the last. For many years, the residents of the capital have maintained a ‘non-aggression pact’ , never written, through which they promised not only not to ‘steal’ players of any category (from the first team to the lowest), but neither even glance at them. Stay completely out of it and don’t light larger fuses. But all that has recently changed; The signing of Fortea has been the spark that has ignited a relationship that is now going through its worst moment for him. This 180º turn is surprising, above all, because the relationship between Miguel Ángel Gil Marín and Jose Angel Sanchez is good. The transfer of players may have only just begun. Because, in addition, there is a very important detail: in Spain those under 16 years of age cannot sign an employment relationship with any team . So ‘fishing’ in the quarries becomes accessible, there being no more obstacles than convincing the footballer verbally. Fortea, a 15-year-old right back, was in that situation: nothing legally bound him to Atleti, more than his will to play there. But this has changed: it was he who has chosen Madrid. And he already poses in white.
Other cases
In recent years all movements have been agreed between both parties. With transparency and open negotiations. One of the most notorious examples was that of Agüero , wanted by Madrid in the summer of 2011: Gil Marín himself asked Florentino to stop his interest in favor of social peace… and he did. Kun ended up going to City for 40 million. Other cases were Theo Hernández , for which there was an agreement that satisfied both parties (it had a clause of 24 million and Madrid, to soften the operation, stretched offering 30 ; 28 fixed and two in variables ‘very affordable’); and Marcos Llorente , another example that with agreements in between, there was no problems: Atleti paid 40 ‘kilos’.