On Saturday, Franco Mastantuono arrived in Spain before he started the next chapter of his career at Real Madrid. There are many expectations for the attacker, who will officially participate when he turns 18 later this month.
Mastantuono is expected to be an important player for Xabi Alonso, despite his age. There is a general feeling in Real Madrid that they have a special player in their hands, and that is also felt in the home country of Argentina of the teenager.
Daniel Brizuela, head of Scouting on River Plate, discovered Mastantuono a few years ago, and he has very high expectations on the new Real Madrid player, because he told Radio Marca.
“Within a swarm of children, he made a oriented control and gave a pass that ended in a goal. Then I said: this is a prodigy. The difference was not only in what he did, but in how and when he did it. He has the prototype of the European football player. I always said he was a perfect player for Real Madrid.”
“I am sure he will be on the next World Cup. He is the heir of (Lionel Messi) number 10 of the Argentinian national team.”
Given that Alonso is planning to count on Mastantuono as a regular starter at the age of 18, there is no doubt that Real Madrid sees him for many years as one of their Talismian figures. That comes with pressure, although he will be recorded in the Spanish capital, given that he will officially start training with less than a week until the new La Liga season starts for Los Blancos.
It will be interesting to see how Mastantuono gets through at Real Madrid, but the expectations are certainly high.