Atletico volatile homegrown (II)

We continue reviewing the list of home-grown who have gone through Atletico Madrid since rojiblanco returned to First Division in 2002. In the first post, we talked for goalkeepers and defenders , in the latter, we do midfielders and forwards .

Midfielders

The red and white quarry has supplied enough first-team midfielders. Above all, the midfielders. Another thing is that they just have proved their worth, you just have to see that Atletico has drawn a serious problem in that district over the years and none have managed to fill that void. Passed primarily defensive players cut. Concerning the means of creation, Gabi has been the player who, while he was, had more involvement, although it was an evil that still weighs too: the glut of candidates for a position, that of midfield, which is precisely what requires a conductor irreplaceable. Gabi played three years at Atletico, from 2003 to 2007 (since he spent the 2004-05 season on loan at Getafe). And he did surrounded by men and Luccin, Colsa, Costinha and Maniche, among others, as a replacement part for a sector most damaged. He finished out free, with 23 years at Zaragoza, where he now struggle for permanence .

Apart passed, as we say, a series of defensive midfielders, none of whom ended up winning. For example, Diego Rivas, who briefly became the first team and had to leave, and offered better performance at Getafe and is an important part of the present Royal Society (clear, moreover, that in this post do not criticize the club for miss each of these players, as many do not offer anything, only we found that the youth policy is not adequate and the players, when they come up, just no confidence). Another case is that of Raul Medina, who came to participate in first in five games that, oddly enough, ended in victory or draw Atletico (with Barca and Madrid included), but did not mean anything. More minutes and had Zahínos seasons, another household product that is now coach of the junior level but, at football, not surrendered.

What they say about guys like me or Alex Marquis Quillo? Remember? The first, which really was not formed in the lower categories red and white although they went through the B before playing in the First Division staged a fleeting appearance to be remembered for his brash and striking mane. It was nothing, but spent, apart from Espanyol, Greece and now Italy. As Alex was also in no keel, a project player who did not debut in La Liga (after passing Almería, Huelva does not count too).

Close in time, find Ignacio Camacho. What appearance of this guy!, Which soon start counting for Javier Aguirre scored two headed goals against Recreativo. It seemed that Camacho could succeed in this athlete, but has also paid dearly for the excessive competition that occurs when any of the midfielders really work or to convince the coach. She's gone to Manchester for about two million euros, because the Manzanares not regularly found, the result of their alternation with men like Raul Garcia, Assuncao, Tiago, or even Mario Suárez, our next event. Mario is a living example of how to operate the club: a promising player but is given over and over again (Valladolid and Celta), at the end, years later, after good season in Mallorca, Atletico playoff to decide player, who despite being several minutes enjoying shall survive the changes that occur in the technical secretariat and the bench.

Looking forward, we need to see what happens to players like Koke, which debuted last season and who has had Quique Flores this course, although playing some heeled, has participated in 15 league games and scored two goals. And with another player, the defensive cutting: Ruben Perez, who also debuted paaacmaayétNa and this has been a regular at matches, Deportivo, where he is assigned.

Regarding the band players, find players past and Juanma Ortiz, who had to migrate first and then Osasuna Almeria, whose team has just come down to Second, and Victor Bravo, who appeared briefly at the beginning of the season 2006-07 and then lost at the lower levels of football (now plays in the ranks of Melilla). And others, presumably the future. As Keko, for whom I have preference but I fear that eventually away from Calderón if not given once and for all the alternative (non playoff would have been better to Keko, transferred to punch Juanfran in the winter market?) . This season has debuted Alberto Noguera, however, miss the absence of Alberto Perea, who made ​​a very good preseason and looked like a talent to be considered but suddenly stopped counting and only appeared three times in Cup And before moving to the front, Cedric Mabwati mention the Congolese for Osasuna who has become a preferred option if the Atleti not decided to integrate it into the first team.

Forwards

As for the front, where it stands out above all others the emergence of Fernando Torres, who won over his fans in a matter of minutes in his debut, and ascended to the second-Atleti since there has not been a commitment to kids the subsidiary. Always generate expectations but nobody, apart from Torres, has brought great things. We find, first to Arizmendi, who was forced to leave the club, as they hardly had opportunities to show whether served or not to attack the whole of Madrid. From there, first was loaned to Racing and then, after returning, left, passes over the January to Deportivo de La Coruña. From there he went to Valencia and the whole che, in Zaragoza, and later saturate by Getafe, which also struggle for salvation . A trotaequipos of Spain, however, has recently come to sound like a possible reinforcement for Atletico Madrid. Athletic contradictions.

Tocha was also another that was just that, after passing through the first team, has played in Numancia (First), Albacete, Cartagena (II). A year later, in 2004, entered Braulio, with the same result, ie a few games and fewer goals (none), and from door to door every year to see where you have a choice. In Huelva, last season ended with a desperate performance. Another forward, Rufino, who after wandering for several teams at lower levels has left to play Hungary. And, before moving to the present and the future, a case similar to Arizmendi: the Manu del Moral. After several seasons performing at a high level in the Getafe striker has signed for Sevilla for next season. More paradoxes, then, that one of the most obvious end athletic rivals to sign a player from his quarry, in its day, seemed not to be valid. Apparently, there was also interest from Atletico Madrid and the Spanish middle class to seize their services. Meanwhile, in Madrid is urging the arrival of a striker to ease, especially Aguero.

Shows that at the Calderon, sometimes delude themselves with mediocrity was the appearance lightning during the past Ibrahima Balde. How does a player who, it seems, will take on the world ends up being transferred? First, because it really was not as good as painting (despite scoring three goals). And second, because Atletico is his obsession to find room for his promises far from campus. Ibrahima is at Numancia and probably also finished one computer to another looking for their site. Or, who knows, maybe in a club wins than the Spaniard. Because the stakes are not real mattress. Also given is Molino, Real Murcia, who made ​​his debut against Deportivo last year and may have begun his driveway and independent. And finally, a player on the principle that no trust: Borja Gonzalez, who was released on the last day of 2010, against Getafe, the bad luck he suffered a serious injury and was cutor projection. It is still very young (18 years), we'll see what fate holds no, but Atletico.

In short, we see the lack of trust that exists for the entity to its youngsters. And here it is to reflect that it has begun one of our users, Lazaro Fernandez Caparros , who posed in the comments of the first post another question: if there is no level in the quarry, why should their jobs end up being filled by foreigners mediocre ? This is something that other readers have insisted, speaking of the possibility that these preferences for foreign players are directly related to the issue of fees that would go into the pockets of managers and agents.

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