Real Madrid are set to kickstart their 2025/26 campaign tonight as they take on CA Osasuna at Santiago Bernabeu.While Real Madrid look more or less done as far as their squad building is concerned,

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.

Los Blancos host Osasuna on Tuesday as La Liga returns and Xabi Alonso takes charge at the Bernabeu after testing his side out in the Club World Cup this summer

In response, club president Florentino Perez hired Alonso and sanctioned around €180million (£155m; $210.5m) to be spent on new players, including defenders Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras and Trent Alexander-Arnold, along with exciting young Argentine playmaker Franco Mastantuono.

The 2014 Champions League final, where Real Madrid conquered the much awaited La Decima, witnessed the last time a player born in Argentina featured for Los Blancos in an official match. That player was Ángel Di Maria, who was named man of the match as he and Madrid conquered European glory.

Atletico Madrid debuted six of its new signings but couldn’t avoid relinquishing a late lead and losing its opening Spanish league match for the first time under coach Diego Simeone.

Players from two of Spanish football’s leading clubs have been included in the latest squad called upon by the Argentine national team this week.Argentina are primed to return to action early next

Real Madrid players have been left surprised by the level of talent that one of the young Real Madrid players has shown in training.