Real Madrid returned on Monday to prepare the beginning of LaLiga, set for August 19 against Osasuna at Santiago Bernabéu. The players returned from their vacations after the Club World Cup and are already training again under Xabi Alonso. All but one, Franco Mastantuonoone of the most exciting signings of this summer market in the white team.
The Argentine player will be absent in The first joint training of the new season with Real Madrid because you still can’t dress in white.
The reason is directly related to his age, currently 17 years. Mastantuono will have to wait for August 14the day he meets the age of majority, to train with the rest of the squad.
This reason attends to the standard on extra -community players, those outside the European Union, who must turn 18 to sign and work In a European club.
A similar situation lived Endrick, current Real Madrid footballer. The white team announced its signing in December 2022, when I was still 16 years old. His arrival was agreed for summer of 2024, when he had already completed the 18 and the age of majority that would allow him to sign as an extra -community with a European club, as established by FIFA.
Thus, the Brazilian striker It was presented with Real Madrid on July 27, 2024, Six days after completing the age of majority, and debuted against Milan in Chicago, corresponding to the Direccer Champions Tour of the preseason.
In the case of Franco Mastantuono, he is expected to be presented as a new Real Madrid player as soon as he turned 18 and I could debut with the white team on August 19, at the league premiere against Osasuna, After missing the friendly that the Madrid team has set for August 12. Meanwhile, it will carry out a specific solo training to get ready.
