Real Madrid reverses Paris to grab "New Messi" and tennis genius realizes his dream of a child emperor

Mastantono's wonderful highlights

Sports Weekly All-Media Report

Real Madrid signed 17-year-old Argentine genius star Franko Mastantono for a total price of 63.2 million euros. What kind of player is this?

"New Messi", atypical No. 10

First of all, Mastantono is talented and even known as the "next Messi" as soon as he debuted, although he is not exactly the same as Messi in terms of technical style. But the two also have some similarities: Mastantono is a left-footed player, and like Messi, he mainly appeared on the right when he first debuted. However, Mastantono's position is varied, and he is good at acting as an offensive midfielder and a right winger, but he is not the traditional pure winger. In addition to his extraordinary skills, as a counterfoot winger, he is also good at cutting inward shots and has a superb free kick skill.

Mastantono is considered an atypical No. 10 player, appearing on the right in the Riverbed 433 formation and is the main initiator of the team's offense. He is not as explosive as Messi at the low center of gravity and has a longer body (currently 1.77 meters). He is described as "like the size of Wimbledon tennis champion", but he also has excellent ball sense and creativity, and can create threats with long shots, free kicks or penetrating passes.

In fact, Mastantono not only has the size of a tennis player, but also has excellent tennis talent. Before the age of 12, he was one of the most promising tennis players of his age in Argentina (the top 10 in China). It is worth mentioning that his father was originally a football coach and coached a local amateur team called Asul River. It was also under the influence of his father that Franco had already started to come into contact with football since he was a child. In 2017, when he was 9 years old, he was spotted by a river bed scout, participated in the trial and passed successfully, but at first his family planned to let him continue playing tennis. Two years later, he finally accepted the invitation to He bed youth training, turned to football completely, and quickly emerged.

At the age of 16, he made his adult team debut for the River Plate team and scored his first goal 10 days later, becoming one of the youngest goalscorers in the team history. In the last 10 games, he has directly participated in creating 7 goals and is very efficient. Mastantono's rise quickly caused a shock in Argentina football and also attracted the attention of national team coach Scaloni. In the World Cup qualifiers against Chile this month, 17-year-old Mastantono came on as a substitute and completed his national team's debut, breaking the youngest appearance record that Messi has maintained.

Although it is extremely talented, it is still worrying to join a world-class club like Real Madrid at a young age. Enderick’s experience at Real Madrid in the past year is a lesson. However, Real Madrid cannot wait any longer, and Mastantono also hopes to "get it in one step". In order to get this "epoch-making genius", Real Madrid paid 63.2 million euros for the 17-year-old newborn calf (more than Vinicius, Rodrigo and Enderick), of which the riverbed was divided into 45 million, and the rest were taxes and other shares.

The ultimate kill! One important reason for Real Madrid to reverse Paris Saint-Germain is that Paris Saint-Germain is almost going to win the lead. Even Campos' scout team operated secretly and was close to reaching an agreement with Mastantono. Head coach Enrique called twice to personally convince the boy. Western media even exaggeratedly stated that most of the transfer procedures in Paris have been completed, and it is only a matter of signing the final signature. Having experienced competing with Paris on Mbappe's transfer, Real Madrid would never want something similar to happen again.

Fortunately, Real Madrid's innate advantage is too great. Solari began to serve as football director at Real Madrid at the end of 2022, while focusing on discovering the newly emerging young geniuses in Argentina. He actually set his sights on Mastantono two years ago. It was his strong recommendation that made Real Madrid determined to spend a huge amount of money. Solari has been emphasizing to Real Madrid over the past few months that he must sign Mastantono, and such a genius may be missed for decades. After discovering Paris's actions, Real Madrid immediately launched a counterattack. In the end, a video call from Xavi Alonso completely shakes Mastantono and finally completes the reversal.

According to Real Madrid's announcement, Mastantono will officially join after he turns 18 on August 14, 2025, becoming Real Madrid's third signing after Wyson and Trent this summer. Before this, he will represent River Plate in the Club World Cup from June to July. Mastantono's "child emperor dream" has come true, but people are also beginning to worry about how many opportunities can Mastantono get if Real Madrid has overstated the frontcourt players? Not to mention Mbappe and Brazil's double-team, there are also many people on the bench, such as Gulaire, Enderick and Brahim Dias. This is not considered Bellingham who can play as a midfielder.

According to Spanish media reports, Xavi Alonso is experimenting with Bellingham to retreat more and play the role of a midfielder. In the Club World Cup, the Englishman will play a further back position to ensure the team's balance in the midfield and frontcourt. From this, Alonso and the club will also conclude whether another midfielder needs to be introduced (such as the rumored Suvimenti).