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Real Madrid and young players in the squad. History of the last 10 years. | Thread

To analyze the situation, we will take the key stages of the last decade and see how many players under 23 were in the team and what role they played.

Season 09/10

The beginning of a great team. The origins of the dynasty.
Manager - Pellegrini

Team had 5 players under 23
Karim Benzema - 21
Marcelo - 22
Gonzalo Higuaín - 22
Esteban Granero - 22
Pedro Mosquera - 22

How many minutes they spent on the field

Karim Benzema - 1305 (12th)
Marcelo - 3002 (3rd)
Gonzalo Higuaín - 2392 (8th)
Esteban Granero - 1865(9th)
Pedro Mosquera - 1 (24th)

The youngest in the team - Karim Benzema

Season 11/12

The season when Europe saw one of the best teams in history. Season of victories and records. And tears.
Manager - Mourinho

To begin with, let's find out what happened to those players who were under 23 in 2009

Karim Benzema - 2252 (8th)
Marcelo - 2719 (3rd)
Gonzalo Higuaín - 1709 (13th)
Esteban Granero - 635 (18th)
Pedro Mosquera - (-)

Season 11/12

In the 11/12 season there was only one player younger than 23 on the first team - Varane. Acquired at Zidane's request. But Mourinho actively recruited Castilla players and so there were as many as 3 players under 23 years old.

These three players are:

R. Varane - 19
Álvaro Morata - 19
Jesé - 19

The number of minutes they got:

R. Varane - 680 (16th)
Álvaro Morata - 9 (25th)
Jesé - 9 (25th)

They were all 19 years old.

Season 13/14

La Decima
Manager - Ancelotti

The group of Varane, Jese, Morata were joined by three more players Isco, Casemiro and Carvajal

Minutes they got:
Varane - 1083 (15th)
Morata - 558 (20th)
Jesé - 591 (25th)
Carvajal - 2234 (8th)
Isco - 1994 (12th)
Casemiro 275 (21th)

Their age
Varane - 21
Morata - 21
Jesé - 21
Carvajal - 22
Isco - 22
Casemiro - 22

Season 16/17

Best season in club history.
Manager - Zidane

Of the 6 under-23 players from the 13/14 season, only Jese was not on the team at the start of the season.

Casemiro and Morata had to leave the team for a while to become Real Madrid levels.

Minutes that players got

Varane - 1928 (9th)
Carvajal - 2014 (8th)
Isco - 1637 (12th)

In the 16/17 season, there was only one player under 23.

Marco Asensio.

He was 21 years old and spent 1077 minutes on the field

Season 19/20

Phoenix
Manager - Zidane

Unfortunately, Asensio was injured for almost the entire season. So we can't assess his development on merit.

Nevertheless, the team had 6 six(SIX) players under 23 years old, three of them under 22.

Rodrygo19
Vinícius Júnior20
Brahim Díaz21
Éder Militão22
Federico Valverde22
Luka Jović22

Minutes

Rodrygo - 1023 (15th)
Vinícius 1353 (10th)
Díaz - 40 (24th)
Militão 1018 (16th)
Valverde 1906 (9th)
Jović 420 (19th)

4 players have played more than 1,000 minutes.
Led by a manager who ignores young players.

In more than 10 years, only two players have gone from being a young talent to a key player at the club. And they both had to go the hard way, where they were first lucky and then not. Where they lost the competition and then won.