Real Madrid have signed five youth prospects from Atletico, four more from Valencia

Fondly and rightly called the ‘Galacticos‘, Real Madrid have seldom hesitated to splash the cash when needed in their long and illustrious history. The Spanish giants have carved a reputation as the ones to lure away the best in the business to their frontier over the years, thus holding onto the tag it brought with it.

However, there has been a drastic turnaround in Los Blancos‘ approach in recent years. A combination of the inflated market and the dearth of quality players has pushed the club to a polar opposite ideology.

Real Madrid, in recent years, have been all over young talents. Juni Calafat and his scouting team have aimed to spot the proteges young and the project has brought favourable results.

Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo Goes, Eder Militao, Eduardo Camavinga, and Aurelien Tchouameni are all players the Merengues brought in at a young age. Moreover, the signing of Endrick shows that the club are ready to take the bet even on early teenagers.

According to reports from Carrusel Deportivo, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has already overseen the signing of five players from Atletico Madrid’s academy and four more from Valencia’s academy in recent weeks.

After breaking the pact of non-aggression, Real Madrid have not held back in filtering Atletico’s La Academia for fine prospects. They signed Jesus Fortea from the Rojiblancos last summer and even made the swoop for Ariel Nkoghe as reported earlier today.

In a leak last week, it also came to light that two of Real Madrid’s targets at Atleti played in the Cadet A and Alevin A divisions respectively. However, nothing more about the subject has come to light.

Apart from raiding their local rivals, Real Madrid have also swooped in and reportedly secured the signing of four young prospects from Valencia as well.

By targeting players under the age of 16, the Merengues stand to gain immensely from a financial standpoint. After all, they are not forced to pay any economic compensation when signing a talent under the age of 16.