On Radio Marca, Tribe speakers discussed the training centers of Real Madrid and Barça.
José Luis Sánchez, Ricardo Sierra, Emilio Pérez de Rozas, Antonio Sanz and Emilio Contreras hosted this Monday's talk-show at La Tribu, under the direction of Raúl Varela.
At the center of the debates, the contrasting uses of players from the training centers of two major Spanish clubs. Where FC Barcelona successfully relies on the Masia, the Madrid club finds it much more difficult to trust its canteranos, despite the numerous possibilities to do so.
Emilio Contreras: “The debate is what the training center is for, if we want to feed the first team, because that should be the number one objective. In the case of Real Madrid, that has not been the case over the last ten years, since Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez or Nacho Fernández left there. But during this decade, the center has generated 300 million euros in transfers.
Ricardo Sierra: “At the end of the day, what matters is the goal you set for yourself as a cantera. If Madrid sets itself the goal of nourishing elite football with players, and occasionally bringing some of them up to first team, it’s also profitable.”
José Luis Sánchez: “For me, the best training center is the one that meets the expectations of the club. If you get 300 million euros for players that you have raised and trained at the Cantera de Real, it is a training center of elite. Because elite is reaching the first division.”
Emilio Pérez de Rozas: “It is as important to have a training center as to have a coach who dares to use it. Except that it seems that Carlo Ancelotti does not really believe in the training system.”
Antonio Sanz: “The clubs work with the training center, the most difficult thing is to open the door. Whoever is good will manage to show themselves. Simeone, for example, is not a coach who relies on the training system, but Barrios has gone up and he is there. If Ancelotti finds a player who shines, he will bring him up.
