Marco Asensio, Chadi Riad… the best players to pass through Mallorca’s quarry

The quarry of Majorca is a good one talent producerdespite the fact that it was very difficult for him to maintain it. Many of the players who came through youth football did not manage to play for the first team, even if they did make a elite name. These are the best footballers trained in They are Babylonians:

MARCO ASENSIO

28 YEARS/PSG

Asensio trained with the Mallorca youth team and at the age of 17 he made his debut in the first team. In the following season he became the undisputed starter and one of the most popular players in the Second Division. Madrid noticed him and paid almost 4 million euros. He is only 28 years old and already has more than 400 games in the elite.

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PHILIP JORGENSEN

22 YEARS/CHELSEA

Jorgensen arrived in the Balearic Islands in 2014 from Malmo. His first club in Spain was Penya Arrabal, where he spent half a season before signing for Mallorca. At the vermilion club he performed very well, which allowed him to go to Villarreal; He broke into the first team, stood out and Chelsea paid him 24.50 million.

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CHADI RIAD

21 YEARS/CRYSTAL PALACE

Chadi Riad was in Mallorca’s youth football team between 2011 and 2019, before making the jump to La Masia as a youth player. The Moroccan centre-back made his debut for Barça two years ago, although he did not have a place in the first team. As a result, he went on loan to Betis last season, where he played regularly. The Andalusian club signed him in the summer for 9 ‘kilo’ only to sell him again for 15 to Crystal Palace.

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MONCHU

25 YEARS/ARIS OF THESSALONIKI

Monchu trained with the Mallorca youth team until he was 13 years old, when he joined La Masia. He captained Barça B and was on the verge of promotion to the Second Division with the Blaugrana reserve team. In Spain he played for Girona, Granada and Valladolid, from where he made the jump to Aris in Thessaloniki (Greece) for 3.60 million euros.

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LUKA ROMERO

19 YEARS OLD/ALAVÉS

Luka Romero is the youngest debutant in LaLiga history at the age of 15 years and 219 days. The Argentine winger achieved this milestone in Mallorca, where he trained between 2015 and 2021. His progress was somewhat halted after signing for Lazio, as he spent several seasons in minutes. Now he is at Alavés (on loan from Milan), where he is not so important for LGP.

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ANOTHER PLAYER

HAS LOWER NAMES

Mateu Morey (Mallorca), Pablo Marí (Monza), Brandon Thomas (PAOK), Idrissu Baba (Almería), Toni Moya (Zaragoza), Obrador (Deportivo de la Coruña), Pablo Ramón and Gonzalo García (Real Madrid Castilla).