The reason that has left Raúl Asencio out of Real Madrid's squad

One of the players who dazzled the most last season was, without a doubt, Raúl Asencio, a Real Madrid youth academy product and the team's breakout center-back. Faced with a sea of doubts due to Militao's absence because of injury and Alaba's low level, Asencio stepped up to the rescue. The youth academy center-back gradually established himself as a starter in the Merengue line-up.

While there is a promising future ahead for the white team's player, there is a detail that hasn't gone unnoticed and draws a lot of attention. In this case, Asencio doesn't appear as a first-team player on the white club's website. However, there is a logical explanation for this, as the player still has a Castilla registration to this day.

This makes it very clear that this isn't any kind of mistake or anything similar, but rather a situation with a simple solution. Once the player's possible new contract is signed, he'll have a first-team registration so he can play matches as a Real Madrid senior member.

Asencio is still with the reserve team

It's important to remember that Asencio's arrival to the first team was more due to necessity and urgency than to consolidation at first. However, the youth academy center-back's level was so high that it was impossible to assume he didn't have a place in the first team.

Today, he's one of the most important players in the Merengue defense line-up and he'll surely remain so for the upcoming matches. Now, with the Club World Cup and a teammate like Huijsen by his side, it'll be a golden opportunity to keep proving his worth.

It's a matter of time

For now, the player remains registered with Castilla until the renewal and presentation of his new contract, and it's clear that it'll stay that way at least until the tournament ends.

There's no doubt about the player's commitment and that he'll seek to earn the spot he's been waiting for in the first team. Even more so now that the fans are on his side.