MADRID — Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso has praised the maturity of teenager newcomer Franco Mastantuono and downplayed the player's choice of former Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi as the world's best player.

Spanish football’s two biggest clubs are keeping a close eye on the development of one of the jewels of the English game.That’s according to Fichajes, who highlight Jeremy Monga as the player in

Messi Admiration and the Fan Dilemma. The introduction of Mastantuono, for whom Real Madrid shelled out a whopping $69.5 million, immediately set social media abuzz. The reason wa