Against Manchester City, Thiago Pitarch became Real Madrid's youngest Spanish player to start in a UCL knockout game, breaking Raúl's record since 1996. A major potential academy product that is being given the opportunity to break into the senior team!
So many minutes were wasted on that non working midfield when Pitarch was there and was the profile that is missed,same as Endrick ,wasting all the minutes on Franco,Brahim,Rodrygo when Endrick was there for the right wing . Xabi didnt use the squad that he had ,Pitarch and Endrick could have changed the season and saved him but he lost the dresing room and was scared to bench the underperforming players . Thiago has to play,Camavinga and Arda bring nothing to the team it is the same old same old and it doesnt work,if we are going to lose atlaest try something different and develope a player that we actually need
⭐️ Thiago Pitarch on IG: “Legend.” pic.twitter.com/NgikwTe9Lk— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) March 12, 2026
🚨 Thiago Pitarch: “Morocco or Spain? I have NOT decided yet.”“Brahim talks to me a lot about Morocco and he feels very good in the national team.” @beinsports_FR 🇲🇦🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/LbBgb0Ezby— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) March 12, 2026 Thiago is eligible to play for Morocco through his grandfather. Curious to see if he ends up on a senior international squad soon
Do it! Like I said in the match thread, I'm trying not to get carried away, but he impressed me. Please let him grow steadily but, more importantly, don't let him disappear. He's shown he can be of added value at the highest of levels against a proper high-level team. My first impression is that this doesn't seem like one of those 'highly-rated Real Madrid youngsters' (that you know from the start will end up at teams like Getafe).
A Thiago lo recogen del Bernabéu después de unos octavos de Champions como me recogía mi padre saliendo de la escuela. pic.twitter.com/LzBuAHAD0S— 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒐 (@maarcserrano_) March 12, 2026
Scouting report on Thiago Pitarch ⚪️✨ 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓: THIAGO PITARCH✨ A smart, graceful, and quietly fierce midfielder from La Fábrica. Energetic, agile, he’s constantly in motion, linking phases, offering solutions, and keeping the game flowing with intensity and purpose.🧵 [THREAD] pic.twitter.com/KC1zjGEdpl— Real Madrid Fabrica (@FabricaMadrid) August 7, 2025
Vini Jr. to Thiago Pitarch on IG. 🥹🤍 pic.twitter.com/lhZsX7TmEb— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) March 18, 2026
Thiago, Jude, Tchoumeni and Valverde is the midfield until the end of the season and re-evaluate in the summer.
I love the work rate, love seeing our kids get called up and fill a role that the team needs addressed in the squad. My hope is we don't over state it and just let things progress naturally rather than act like he's the next Kroos or Modric, he just needs to work hard when asked to help and let's see where it goes.
if he gets benched for Jude or Arda there is no hope for this club,even Manuel Angel looks good and makes our midfield better ,no more the galactico players as starters
🚨 JUST IN: Thiago Pitarch has agreed a deal with a new agency: YouFirst.The agency represents Fabián Ruiz, Álex Jiménez & Luis de la Fuente among others.Jorge Mendes’ Gestifute, Pini Zahavi, Wasserman and Best of You all made approaches, but were turned down. @diarioas pic.twitter.com/KFRPAJHaJ9— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) March 18, 2026 Good lad
Gonzalo Garcia got benched despite his red hot form and the attack's lack of any box presence. I dont see this going any different unfortunately.
Disagree. AA was subbing on Castilla players even when all players were healthy. The catalyst to more Castilla players playing has been Franco and Garcia falling out of favour and AA preferring an extra midfielder instead.