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Real Madrid Loses a Key Piece from La Fábrica, Heads to Another LaLiga Club

The Significant Loss Real Madrid Has Suffered Due to the Departure of a Pillar of La Fábrica

Just as Real Madrid's first team sometimes experiences unexpected departures, the same situation occurs in La Fábrica.  Real Madrid's academy, which has managed to develop so many talents, will lose one of its great pillars. Tasked with recruiting the best national talent, an offer from Leganés has convinced him to make a change.

Andrés Pardo, head of recruitment and right-hand man to Manu Fernández, will leave Real Madrid. After four years of helping improve La Fábrica through the signing of young talents, his cycle has come to an end. From being the head of recruitment at Real Madrid, Andrés Pardo will now be part of Leganés's sports management.

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Manu Fernández at Real Madrid | Didac Aguirre

This represents a significant blow for Real Madrid but, above all, for the future of La Fábrica in the coming seasons. Losing a key piece in several of the academy's successes, Madrid is now in search of a suitable replacement.

A Sensitive Loss for La Fábrica

The debut and consolidation of Raúl Asencio in Real Madrid's first team showed the quality managed in La Fábrica. While La Fábrica has always developed great talents, this wouldn't have been possible without Andrés's help. Having a natural talent for spotting talent, Andrés was responsible for the arrival of several future prospects.

Joan Martínez, Marco Company, and Lamini Fati are some of the talents that Real Madrid managed to secure thanks to Andrés. It is because of this that his recent departure from La Fábrica could affect the future plans that Real Madrid had.

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Manu Fernández at Real Madrid | Didac Aguirre

Meanwhile, the search for a replacement has begun, Real Madrid is aware of how challenging it will be to find someone like Andrés. However, just like in past seasons, Real Madrid always manages to find the best for La Fábrica.

The Future of Real Madrid

Although Andrés's departure could potentially affect Real Madrid's future, the club is prepared to prevent precisely this. The talents that Andrés managed to sign for La Fábrica will be sufficient until the arrival of the replacement that Real Madrid so desperately needs.

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