The situation
A new Real Madrid is coming. Warping slowly, but without pause. There will not be a summer like 2009 , when the club spent 250 million in two months to revolutionize Chamartín (Cristiano, Kaká, Benzema, Xabi Alonso landed…). Things -and the rules- have changed, renewing the way of working of a Real Madrid aware that it is time to ‘plan renew’ , but determined to tackle it in a different way: gradual and thoughtful . On that piano piano , the first to arrive will be Fran García and Brahim , who at 23 years old each, will rejuvenate a team with an average, right now, of 27.6 years. Two operations closed and that they will give the proclamation to a summer focused on them and, two more: Bellingham and, perhaps, a nine substitute. The Fran García thing is a fact, it is already closed. It has been three years maturing at Rayo Vallecano , where with sweat and little noise (he is rather shy off the pitch) he has become an idol in the neighborhood. He was the pillar of the promotion to First Division in 2021, of the trip to the Cup semifinals in 2022 and now, the engine of a ‘EuroRayo’ that continues to dream big. A promise from Castilla arrived in Vallecas and an indisputable player will leave: he plays absolutely everything (in fact, this season he is the outfield player who has spent the most minutes in the First Division – 2,328 ‘ – , ahead of Aidoo and Darder). In Chamartín, three options were considered after Marcelo left : go to the market, raise Miguel Gutiérrez or play him.And it has been a winner.
The “dream” of Fran García
That “dream” that he has never hidden will come true: to return to Real Madrid. “I consider myself a sincere and transparent person. Since I arrived in Vallecas, I have always said that it would be a dream for me to return to Real Madrid, because I lived a lot there and it means a lot . I have a broken heart, because Rayo has given me the opportunity to be a professional and I am a footballer thanks to him. For me it is a family, but I will never hide my desire to return , ”he said to the Unión Rayo microphone . And this summer it will. An operation dynamited in January by the interest of Bayer Leverkusen, which put the 10 million of its clause on the table… and everything exploded.