Its good to see Mou has somewhat of a faith to Castilla. Morata as a 3rd striker ftw!

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:I think he is already, but unofficially.

He is unlikely to get promoted anytime soon, since it means he cant play with castilla. He will train with the first team, and play where he is needed on weekends, Castilla or first team.

I think they will keep it that way even if they move up to segunda, but if they dont, depending on the situation of our strikers, he might go out on a loan.

Last time we did this (had players with Castilla also included with first team) was De La Red and Javi Garcia. The next year De La Red was lent out for one year and Javi made the club(!!). I'm not 100% sure if Javi made it that year or if he stay with Castilla another year. End result was De La Red had a break out year at Getafe and made club the next year. Javi also made it but was ineffective and eventually sold to Benfica. De La Red would be a starter on today's team if he hadn't run into his heart problems.

Sorry I ran on a bit and forgot that for goal we did have Adan in the same eituation as Mejias is today. I think Adan was in that position for 2 years, however the difference with Mejias is he is not considered best youth goalie in system nor is he on any seleccion team. Adan was always a starter on youth seleccion teams and was considered best goalie in system.

The good news is that Madrid and Mou are suddenly valuing the youth system and there are possibilities for youth to make 1st team.