New Real Madrid signing Franco Mastantuono has stated a dialog with coach Xabi Alonso satisfied him to affix the membership.
Madrid confirmed earlier this month that playmaker Mastantuono will be part of them in August when he turns 18, after agreeing a six-year contract.
For now, Mastantuono is with River Plate on the Membership World Cup — the place he is began each the Argentinian facet’s video games to date — as they put together to play Inter in Seattle on Wednesday.
“The best way [Alonso] spoke to me was unbelievable,” Mastantuono stated, in an interview with DAZN. “I am grateful to him for it, for the way in which he was with me. Our speak influenced me rather a lot.
“If the coach needs you, it is a vote of confidence for a participant. Leaving an enormous membership like River is not straightforward, so his phrases motivated me rather a lot to take that leap.”
River youth product Mastantuono is already a record-breaker, because the youngest scorer within the membership’s historical past, and the youngest debutant within the historical past of the Argentina nationwide crew.
Madrid beat Paris Saint-Germain to {the teenager}’s signing, transferring quick to wrap up a deal having tracked the participant for the final two years.
He was Madrid’s third signing this summer season, after Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold, however wished to play for River on the Membership World Cup earlier than becoming a member of the LaLiga giants.
“Everyone knows what [Real Madrid] is,” Mastantuono stated. “It is a dream to play there. It is a good problem for me.
“For me, Actual Madrid are the most important membership on the earth, the crew that is received probably the most [trophies] in Europe. Any participant would wish to play there. It is a dream, I wish to get pleasure from it.”
Alonso has described Mastantuono as “a boy with a unbelievable current and an unbelievable future.”
“The maturity he has on the sector, he brings off the sector too,” Alonso stated final week. “Once I spoke to him I noticed his ambition, his maturity.
“In August he’ll be with us, and he’ll be an vital addition to the squad.”