Another youngster benefits from Thiago Pitarch setback during Real Madrid preseason

Another youngster benefits from Thiago Pitarch setback during Real Madrid preseason

The midfield is one of those areas of the team where Jose Mourinho will have to make some difficult decisions next season. The Real Madrid coach already has players like Federico Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler, Bernardo Silva, and Eduardo Camavinga, while the Merengues also seem primed to land Rodri Hernandez this summer.

Meanwhile, some players from the youth academy are also making their cases for a first team role. The most prominent of these players is Thiago Pitarch, who surprised everyone with his quality and confidence playing at the highest level with the first team at the end of the last season.

However, he suffered an unfortunate injury a few days ago , and is thus set to miss a valuable month and a half of this summer when he could have impressed Jose Mourinho to earn a prominent role in his team.

While this is certainly an unfortunate situation, Diario AS notes that one player for whom it is already opening the door to greater prominence is another youth team player, Jorge Cestero.

Jose Mourinho is still waiting for several first team players to report for training and Cestero will compete with Camavinga while this situation lasts. The youngster got five appearances for the first team during the last season, making his debut under Xabi Alonso and also playing an important role, along with Thiago, under Alvaro Arbeloa. He was also a key part of the Real Madrid team that won the UEFA Youth League last season.

The club’s main plans for him next season are to make him a core member of the Castilla team, from which players like Manuel Angel and Cesar Palacios are expected to depart as they look to take the next step in their careers. But the preseason is providing him with a very valuable opportunity to train and learn with the first team, which can prove to be crucial for his future growth and development.