🔒 Xabi Alonso blocks Jesús Fortea’s exit | OneFootball

Jesús Fortea, one of the brightest gems from Real Madrid’s youth academy, could have left in the summer, but he decided to stay.

The future of Fortea, Real Madrid’s promising right-back, seemed to be more outside the club than within.

The fact that Carlo Ancelotti didn’t count on him for the right-back position last season when Carvajal was injured hurt him. It also stung that Raúl didn’t include him in Castilla.

Because of this, after arriving from Atlético de Madrid, the player seemed more likely not to renew his contract and was one step away from joining Milan, according to ‘Matteo Moretto’.

However, Xabi Alonso appeared on the scene, stopping his departure and convincing him to renew. Now he is under the orders of Álvaro Arbeloa at Real Madrid Castilla, is a starter, and as soon as Carvajal and Alexander-Arnold are unavailable, he could be promoted to the first team.

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