On Saturday, Franco Mastantuono arrived in Spain forward of beginning the following chapter of his profession at Actual Madrid. There are numerous expectations for the attacker, who will official be part of when he turns 18 later this month.
Mastantuono is anticipated to be an vital participant for Xabi Alonso, regardless of his age. There’s a common feeling inside Actual Madrid that they’ve a particular participant on their palms, and that’s additionally felt within the teenager’s homeland of Argentina.
Daniel Brizuela, who’s head of scouting at River Plate, found Mastantuono a couple of years in the past, and he has very excessive hopes for the brand new Actual Madrid participant, as he has instructed Radio MARCA.
“Inside a swarm of youngsters, he made an oriented management and gave a cross that led to a objective. That’s once I stated: this can be a little one prodigy. The distinction was not solely in what he did, however in how and when he did it. He has the prototype of the European footballer. I all the time stated he was an ideal participant for Actual Madrid.”
“I’m certain he might be on the subsequent World Cup. He’s the inheritor to (Lionel Messi)’s quantity 10 of the Argentine nationwide crew.”
There may be a lot anticipated of Mastantuono at Actual Madrid
On condition that Alonso plans to depend on Mastantuono as an everyday starter on the age of 18, there is no such thing as a doubt that Actual Madrid see him as being one in all their talismanic figures for a few years to return. That comes with strain, though he might be eased into life within the Spanish capital, on condition that he’ll formally begin coaching with lower than every week till the brand new La Liga season begins for Los Blancos.
It will likely be fascinating to see how Mastantuono will get on at Actual Madrid, however the expectations are definitely excessive.