His name is Reinier Jesus Carvalho and may one day be one of the big stars in world football. Aged 18 since Sunday, the attacking midfielder leaves Flamengo and Brazil for Real Madrid and Spain. The club with the thirteen Champions League announced on Monday its recruitment for around thirty million euros. Reinier, who signed up until June 2026, will not, however, evolve with Zinédine Zidane's first team, but will take his first steps in merengue with the reserve team, Castilla.
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- Real Madrid CF⚽ (@realmadrid) January 20, 2020With this transfer, Real Madrid continues its policy of recruiting young foreign prospects. In recent seasons, Rodrygo or Vinicius, regularly tenured by Zidane, have arrived from Brazil. For a substantial amount: 45 million euros for each player.
Real have also signed players from Japan (Editor's note: Kubo, bought in 2019 and loaned to Majorca) , Norway (Editor's note: Odegaard, bought in 2017 and loaned three times) or Ukraine (Editor's note: Lunin, bought in 2017 and loaned three times) . Today stars of the first team, Casemiro and Valverde have also benefited from this recruitment “program”.
