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Confirmed: Real Madrid to face Fiorentina in pre-season friendly on August 1
Real Madrid have officially annonced that they will play a pre-season friendly against Fiorentina on Saturday, August 1, with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. local time.
The match will take place at the Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, Austria, a venue with a capacity of 30,000 spectators and the home stadium of SK Austria Klagenfurt.
Return to Klagenfurt
This will not be Real Madrid’s first visit to the Austrian city, located in the south of the country near the Slovenian border.
The club previously traveled to Klagenfurt during the 2021 pre-season, when they faced AC Milan in another summer friendly.
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Real Madrid also played in Austria last summer, defeating WSG Tirol in Innsbruck as part of their preseason preparations.
Second friendly confirmed
This becomes the second pre-season friendly to be confirmed by Real Madrid as they get started with their preparations for the new campaign under Jose Mourinho.
Along with the clash against Fiorentina, Los Blancos will also take on newly-promoted La Liga club Deportivo La Coruna in the Teresa Herrera Trophy on August 12.
Reports suggest that the club has arranged four friendlies in total, split between Spain and other European countries, with two of them being confirmed now.
The club officials are also considering one additional behind-closed-doors match if Mourinho believes the squad requires more minutes before the league campaign gets underway.
According to TeamTalk, Real Madrid have joined the growing list of clubs monitoring Gabriel Rajkovic, a 15-year-old winger whose rapid development at Valerenga has already attracted attention from several of Europe’s leading sides.
The Merengues are known for keeping an eye on exciting young talent across the globe and it seems that Rajkovic’s exploits in Norway, with the first team, have alerted them.
Real Madrid keeping tabs on Rajkovic
As per the report, Real Madrid are among a host of clubs closely following the progress of the young forward.
Rajkovic holds both Norwegian and Serbian nationality and has emerged as one of the most promising young players in Norway.
His development has not gone unnoticed, with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund also understood to be monitoring him.
However, at this point, it is Arsenal and Chelsea, who are understood to be leading the charge for Rajkovic, having compiled a detailed dossier on the teenage prodigy after extensive scouting.
On top of that, the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have all watched Rajkovic in recent weeks.
Real Madrid could therefore face significant competition if they decide to step up their interest in a player who has already made an impression at senior level.
Making an impact at just 15
Rajkovic was handed a promotion to the Valerenga first-team squad in January earlier this year, when he was only 14 years old.
Following that, he signed a new contract with the club in March, when he turned 15, committing to the club until 2028.
Despite being only 15, the winger has already begun gaining experience in first-team football. In all, he has made 14 senior appearances for the Norwegian outfit, scoring three and assisting one goal.
Rajkovic has also represented Norway Under-16s, making two appearances and scoring once despite being younger than many of his teammates.
Those numbers become more impressive when his age and stage of development are taken into account.
Real Madrid have built a reputation for identifying young talent well before players reach their peak, and Rajkovic has now emerged as another name on their scouting radar.
But given the number of clubs in the race, signing the teenage wonderkid will not be easy.
