Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the club are monitoring creative midfielder Nico Paz, who has landed in Serie A. The Argentina international left Real Madrid in the summer to join Como and has become a key player for Cesc. Fabregas.
Paz was given a handful of minutes by Ancelotti before the arrival of Arda Guler two seasons ago, during which he impressed by scoring against Napoli in the Champions League. Yet he fell out of the first-team dynamic last season, moving to Como for €6m, although Real Madrid have a buy-back option on him.
“We follow him a lot. I think training away from Real Madrid this year will be very good for him. He is a player who we think will be the future of Real Madrid,” he explained to Radio Anch'io Sport, quoted by Marca.
Ancelotti was also asked about the composition of Real Madrid's squad. It was recently reported that Los Blancos are looking to make their squad more Spanish, and currently they only have six players from Spain in their squad, two of which are fringe defenders in Jesus Vallejo and Raul Asencio.
“It is true that Real Madrid's squad is full of foreigners and that many young players have been added in recent years. The last cases, Guler and Endrick, slowly enter the team. But the Spanish group is always very important because it determines the atmosphere in the dressing room. Real Madrid's fortunes over the past year have to do with the fact that the Spanish group has been very serious, professional and very powerful.”
The lack of confidence in Real Madrid's academy has been called into question in recent months, with only Asencio getting any playing time despite injuries leaving them at the breaking point. Ancelotti has noted in the past that his job is to win games and not bring in young players, but Paz could follow the path of Lucas Vazquez, Dani Carvajal and Fran Garcia, who have all left to be re-signed by Real Madrid.
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