This Real Madrid' Talent Was Better Than Lamine Yamal, but this is What Happened to Him | Paulo Iago
Lamine Yamal is literally everywhere now. The headlines. The key roles at Barcelona and Spain squad. The whole world is once again talking about La Masia's genius and its miracles.
On the other hand, we have Real Madrid - the most prestigious club in the world - whose academy also produces talents of the highest quality, having "their own Lamine Yamal" - the name of this young man is Paulo Iago!
Just like Lamine, the guy is 16 years old, but he is actually not that far from Yamal's status, because... he can leave the superclub from Madrid and end up... at Barcelona! His potential is INCREDIBLE - Spanish coaches noted that only Lamine is stronger than Paulo at his age...
The hype around the two whiz kids of Madrid and Barcelona was and is so big, Nike even arranged a meeting between the two beasts who had contracts with the American company. Admit it, Paulo Iago is a rather interesting character to find out more about...
How did it happen and why can one of the greatest Spanish talents born in 2007 switch sides from Real Madrid to Barça? Let us answer all of these questions in this video! And before we begin, please leave us a like if you enjoy our content and subscribe to our channel in order to see more amazing stories!
Paulo Iago is the star of La Fabrica - his performances have always been monitored by Madridistas who have high hopes for his future. You see, the boy not only has a great talent, but also has everything to become a top star, which can be confirmed by the fact that he is represented by Jorge Mendes. There is a rule in Spain that if Jorge Mendes is your agent, you are most likely to make a great future in the number one game!
On April 10, he will turn 17, though his situation at Real Madrid is far from that of Lamine Yamal at Barcelona, with whom he has always been compared... As of this moment, Paulo is thinking about his future despite already having a contract with Los Blancos valid until the summer of 2025 - he is not satisfied with his current role at Juvenil A, the team managed by Alvaro Arbeloa. He is not a leading player of the squad, he has only appeared in a few important games as a substitute, and as a result, he feels like he has been tricked by the club's management, which promised him a completely different experience. Sport. es reports that the departure of one of La Fabrica's most gifted players is quite possible in case of some club paying the release clause worth €13 million - a few Premier League and Bundesliga sides are interested, while some Spanish transfer specialists do not rule out that Paulo will ultimately pick Barcelona because of Jorge Mendes, who has very close ties to Joan Laporta, and because of Barça's transfer policy, a policy that trusts and relies on young talent more than Real Madrid.
You have to admit that it would make for a really intriguing scenario to have a star from Real Madrid's academy strike a deal with their arch rivals.
“Paulo Iago is a very good interior, capable of making a difference in attack . He has demonstrated this since he arrived at the white club. Iago joined Real Madrid in 2014 as a teenager and since then he has not stopped making leaps and bounds in his career. Last season he played with the youth B team at cadet age and scored 12 goals and distributed 11 assists in just 20 games.” Sport.es informs us about the player's accomplishments.
23 goal involvements in 20 appearances - sounds like a solid tally, don't you think? We also found some information on Paulo netting 150 goals for Real Madrid's academy and recovering from a double leg fracture in childhood. The mentioned facts are IMPRESSIVE, to say the least!
So why hasn't the guy progressed much this season?
His stats are truly shocking, but on the negative side:
0 inclusions in the Real Madrid Castilla squad list
3 appearances in the UEFA Youth League
0 training sessions with Real Madrid's first team
Indeed, we get a pretty strange situation, especially if we are talking about the "Lamine Yamal of Madrid". You can add to the mix the signing of Arda Güler in the summer of 2023 and the monitoring of River Plate's top talent Franco Mastantuono - both of them are similar in style to Paulo and, basically, they can take his place in the first team. The disappointment of the La Fabrica prodigy is understandable, but perhaps there is something wrong with the youngster himself? Perhaps he has lost a little bit of his level this year?
10 апр 2024
