Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso has praised the maturity of teenage newcomer Franco Mastantuono. The 18-year-old joined Madrid on a six-year deal and has already impressed Alonso with his confidence and quality.

Real Madrid are at risk of facing disciplinary action if new signing Franco Mastantuono plays any part of the game against Osasuna on August 19.

The first to publicly call it out was Miguel Galán, president of CENAFE, who posted on X that Madrid had committed an ineligible lineup. In his view, the club acted with “manifest bad faith” by registering the Argentine with a B team number in order to bypass the first-team squad number restrictions.

En su presentación como jugador del Real Madrid, el juvenil delantero argentino Franco Mastantuono alabó el jueves la figura de Lionel Messi, ex del

Real Madrid confirmed Franco Mastantuono will inherit Gonzalo García’s No. 30 shirt, the same number the Argentine donned at River Plate.

Franco Mastantuono, the new Real Madrid player, had chosen Lionel Messi as his favorite player, and coach Xabi Alonso gave his opinion on the matter. Franco Mastantuono was unveiled as the newest addition to the Real Madrid squads,