Real Madrid Confidencial Real Madrid negotiates with Jorge Mendes at Xabi Alonso's request and popular acclaim
The Merengue bosses have chosen this player from the Portuguese super-agent
Many changes are coming to Real Madrid with Xabi Alonso's arrival to the first team. The Tolosa coach is ready to significantly modify the structure of Santiago Bernabéu locker room, adapting it to his football needs. In that regard, the Basque coach has announced a major surprise.
He is ready to give trust and opportunities to players who were unused under Ancelotti. Everything indicates that the academy players will be an essential piece in Xabi Alonso's tactical schemes, starting with the Club World Cup.
Not only Gonzalo García is one of the most advanced pupils from La Fábrica who would be in that squad for the tournament held in the United States this summer. Another academy player drafted for the competition played in North America is Jesús Fortea, a promising right-back who has so far played for Juvenil A. The coaching change at La Fábrica means a big change for him.
In recent years, he has been under the tactical direction of Álvaro Arbeloa in Juvenil A, but "El Espartano" will immediately become the coach of Real Madrid Castilla. Jesús Fortea could well "move up" at the same time as Arbeloa, seeing one of the two demands he had left in the Valdebebas offices to try to solve his future fulfilled.
He wants to appear more regularly
The promising right-back believes he is more than ready to be a regular starter in the first reserve team and start making occasional appearances with the first team. Until now, those requests hadn't been addressed, but the change in the coaching hierarchy is a significant shift for the defender. His proposals are being heard.
Given that good disposition from Real Madrid, the bosses led by Florentino Pérez would have started talks for a negotiation they've been waiting for. The information published by Mario Cortegana indicates that the club is already negotiating Jesús Fortea's renewal with Jorge Mendes, one of the most difficult agents to deal with.
The journalist from "The Athletic" discusses those talks to renew a Jesús Fortea who wants to take on a bigger role in men's soccer at Real Madrid in the coming years. The coaching change in the first team and at Real Madrid Castilla is a golden opportunity to see those demands fulfilled... and allows the club to solve one of their biggest dilemmas regarding the management of La Fábrica.
The bosses led by Florentino Pérez know that Jesús Fortea is a generational talent who can't "slip away" so easily. The trust of Xabi Alonso and Álvaro Arbeloa in the young right-back's abilities is the ideal catalyst for those talks about his renewal.
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