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16 years old! Real Madrid aims at New Odegao. Another talented boy airborne the Bernabeu?

1:56am, 4 June 2025【Football】

According to JOSÉ FÉLIX DÍAZ, Real Madrid's team reporter, revealed: Real Madrid has a fancy to Ajax youth training camp 16-year-old Moroccan midfielder Abdullah Vazane! Real Madrid has had many contacts with the player team and plans to sign this "North Africa Pearl" quickly after its contract expires on June 30.

Currently, the 16-year-old Moroccan young player is proficient in defensive midfielder, central defender, and attacking midfielder, and can be called a "pie-goods" in the midfield. He just led Morocco U17 to win the African Cup championship, and he personally won the best player in the event. His feet are delicate and his playing style is far beyond his age.

Real Madrid plans to let him skip U17 and enter the U19 echelon, which is extremely rare in the youth training system that attaches importance to "grading by age", which shows his recognition of his potential.

In the Eredivisie giants who have trained superstars such as De Jong and De Rigt, Vazane has become the core of the youth first team. His dribbling rhythm and broad vision were rated as "the next Valverde" by scouts.

And this coincides with Real Madrid's youth plan. From "buying superstars" to "making superstars" Real Madrid's success in the new generation of young players Vinicius (joined at the age of 18) and Rodrigo (joined at the age of 18), has allowed Real Madrid to taste the sweetness of "low-age high-surge". This time, targeting the 16-year-old Wazane continued the recruitment route of younger and Africanization.

Real Madrid caused a sensation when they signed a 16-year-old Norwegian prodigy in 2015, and now Odgao has become the captain of Arsenal. Vazane is expected to take over Modric and Kroos after training in Castilla (Real Madrid B team).