Madrid's plan for Castilla: the jewels do not move in Raúl's 'final exam' for promotion

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On June 20, 2019,

announced the arrival of

bench

.

A logical decision after the steps of the former captain in the cadet and the youth and that was confirmed as successful after lifting the first

of the white team.

A complete success for

.

The election of Raúl gave continuity to the formula that has been repeated in

in recent years: give Castilla a manager with enough weight to take over the first team in an emergency situation.

It happened with

and with

, who made the direct leap, and on the opportunity to

, in which his past as coach of the Madrid subsidiary had weight.

Maturing on the Valdebebas bench, as

has also done until flying to

, makes sense, and much more for Raúl.

The '7' faces his

at Castilla with several open fronts.

On the one hand, achieving the dream

, his great goal before leaving Valdebebas.

In his first year, due to the pandemic and crowned with the

, he was five points away from the

.

In the second, conditioned by the different phases to form what is now known as the

, he assaulted the

to the SmartBank League.

There, in the semi-finals of an agonizing extra time, they fell to

and saw the silver category train go by just one game away.

Ibiza itself,

,

(coached by Xabi in Segunda) and

promoted, and Raúl, who made the most of a

, won integers to succeed Zidane in the first team after the Frenchman's departure.

The double and the wait

The Madrid board of directors finally chose

, with exceptional results, and Raúl, despite offers from teams in the major European leagues, remained

one and from which he has not yet he wants to say goodbye.

Therein lies the second open front in his closest future.

Last season the white subsidiary suffered to adapt to the powerful First RFEF.

The distribution of the two groups, moreover, did not benefit him too much, framing him in league with the Catalan, Valencian, La Mancha, Andalusian teams and with

.

Of the four promoted to Second Division, three left their group.

Castilla was a roller coaster.

He reached the middle of the season in sixth place, the last one that gave access to the playoffs, but a

left him without options despite a timid final

.

He finished tenth, just three points from promotion and with the feeling in Valdebebas that it was the end of a stage for the most important players of the

:

... Young people who have been evolving with the coach almost since youth, most of them born in 2001, and who were already looking at the next step in their professional career.

Also the coach himself, who has been receiving offers, with

(who has already chosen another coach) and a

club as the best options.

Raúl, however, has remained cautious in his decisions and aware that the opportunity at the

could appear at any moment.

Ancelotti's double, however, removes that possibility for the time being and the irregular season of his Castilla has removed him from the spotlight.

The solution:

with

.

Arribas and the spine

For this reason, and due to the overbooking that exists in the Madrid first team, which with the signings of

has already reached 24 players, the plan in Valdebebas is clear:

one more season and trust in one last Raúl service to achieve the dream of a promotion that has not been achieved since the 2011-2012 season.

A decision that the technician has already transmitted to the jewels of the subsidiary and that, despite the logical reluctance of age, they have assumed.

except for an exorbitant financial offer, which at the moment has not arrived.

The idea is that

, the team's top scorer and second assistant and one of those who made his debut with Zidane,

, as this newspaper has learned.

Despite the offers, the Madrid board insists on the

(this season Villarreal B has been promoted) and the

will force them to have a longer squad than normal to aspire to all competitions.

The departures of

and the rumors with

, Mariano and Jovic leave the midfielder as an emergency solution, although with a subsidiary file.

Something that in Madrid is valued more and better than a transfer.

Raúl 's

, key.

Dotor and Arribas, with the Youth League title in 2020EM

The one who may have a place in the first team is

, a left-handed striker, with

from the profiles that Ancelotti manages.

The youth squad, highly valued by

and second top scorer in the reserve team, is awaiting the decisions of

to analyze his options.

Eintrach

and

him.

, captain and soul of the squad,

will continue to form the backbone of Castilla, again except for an irrefutable offer

, while the preseason is expected to decide the situations of

, who do not want to let go easily either and are asked, like Arribas, to follow the '

', who

and stayed until he had a place in the first team.

It will be a few months to restructure some pieces (Brazilian winger Vinicius Tobias has arrived), assault the promotion phase and give the last breath of a generation that is already emerging and needs professional football.

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