EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND TIME! Three academy graduates established in the first team over the last year. Nine Castilla players have featured this season. Two straight revenue records from player sales, because La Fábrica has earned the status of Protected Designation of Origin. Last year a record number of titles (13). Club with the biggest presence in Spain's youth national teams (up to double Barça in the U19s). Academy players still controlled by Madrid shining in Germany (Chema), Italy (Nico Paz and Jacobo), Osasuna (Víctor)... When I told you since 2020 (coincidentally, when the first Youth League arrived) that many things were changing in Madrid's academy and that you'd see the fruits in a few years, I meant this. And with the inflation caused in the market by state-owned clubs and the Premier League, producing academy players for the first team will be more necessary than ever. Besides the connection the Bernabéu will always feel with them. It wants academy players and it will have them