In recent years, Real Madrid and their academy have been drifting further apart.
The path to the first team isn't an easy one and a host of young talent has been forced to leave Los Blancos in search of regular game time.
Only four academy graduates remain in the current squad, and that could be three if Mariano Diaz ends up leaving this summer.
Alongside Mariano, there is Dani Carvajal, Nacho and Lucas Vazquez and that's it.
Marcos Llorente and Raul de Tomas departed this summer, while Sergio Reguilon chose to leave on loan to Sevilla.
Kiko Casilla is another of La Fabrica's products to leave the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in the last year, moving to England with Leeds.
Meanwhile, several Castilla players have also made their exits to gain some experience of senior football.
Cristo Gonzalez and Jaime Seoane have joined Huesca, Jorge de Frutos and Javi Sanchez have moved to Real Valladolid and Luca Zidane has left for Racing Santander.
Since the turn of the century, only in the 2001/02 (Iker Casillas, Francisco Pavon, Raul and Guti) and 2010/11 (Casillas, Adan, Alvaro Arbeloa and Esteban Granero) seasons have there been so few academy graduates in the first-team squad.
It's far from the 10 youngsters that formed part of the first team for the 2003/04 campaign with Casillas, Raul Bravo, Pavon, Raul, Guti, Borja Fernandez, Javier Portillo, Antonio Nunez, Ruben and Oscar Minambres.
The number of La Fabrica graduates in the first team has halved since Zinedine Zidane was in charge for the 2017/18 season, as Llorente, Casilla, Borja Mayoral, Achraf Hakimi and Ruben Yanez have all left.
Botabprs
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I agree unlike Chelsea and Barcelona they give they young guns shooting time
Esteak12
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Madrid never developed legends they bought them
This guy is kid don't blame him he is watching football just for 2/3 years
GauravPandit
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Only Carvajal is First team quality, rest are useless & will not be part of RM by this or next trans windows
I never mentioned anything -ve about Regulion & Achraf, they are the players from next year, as Marcelo should be now used as Left winger rather than LB
GauravPandit
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Only Carvajal is First team quality, rest are useless & will not be part of RM by this or next trans windows
Hey stupid!! when did I say ZZ is the coach I support?? He isn't a tactically sound coach, he never has plan B in matches like Mourinho!!! Lorente was a class player, a true Box to box player & deserved to play in first team!! it's one of the biggest mistakes ZZ & RM has done. Lorente should have been retained and these 3 useless players should have been sold!! instead of purchasing Mendy he should have retained Regulion!! Mourinho will be there in next 2-3 months when La liga will be virtually over for RM
Dgoat
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Zidane out
boibrandon
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wtf is going on here we lose lioerente and hakimi and now Diaz
and mendy is no better than reguilon,,,,, zidane is so bad.... destroying our club
boibrandon
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Only Carvajal is First team quality, rest are useless & will not be part of RM by this or next trans windows
so what about reguilon and hakimi? nonsense
boibrandon
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if you go for a coach who all he think is to bring French players and send your academy players on loan or sell them, that's what happens
to be honest, zidane is destroying this club,, that's very bad
boibrandon
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Only Carvajal is First team quality, rest are useless & will not be part of RM by this or next trans windows
what happened to Marcos lorente? u and ur stupid coach sold him,, and you say the rest are useless,, have there been given a chance to impress????? he keeps sticking with same old 11,,, he's scared,, and he's a coward
GauravPandit
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Only Carvajal is First team quality, rest are useless & will not be part of RM by this or next trans windows
kanyinigideon
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if you go for a coach who all he think is to bring French players and send your academy players on loan or sell them, that's what happens
JOHANNES PETRUS
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if solari was there ..he would have used many youngsters in a best way ... vinicius , llorente , reguilon , cristo , lunin ..all would be in his plans ..plus oddegard nd hermoso ..he would have brought back ..
TRUE IF MADRID COULD OF MADE NEW SIGHNNINGS DURING THE TIME OF SOLARI THINGS WOULD BEEN DIFFERENT
vahcmpsuy
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wtf is going on here we lose lioerente and hakimi and now Diaz
RahuRai
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but we also have many talented players on loan to other clubs
MumbaRk
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real Madrid gives people sleepless nights ,they always want to write about them
Noel-Tan
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Madrid never developed legends they bought them
this guy didn't watch football until recently only lol
Nerronk
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Madrid never developed legends they bought them
Did Madrid bought Raul,Guti, Casillas salgado Hiero and co
ANU_RAG
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if solari was there ..he would have used many youngsters in a best way ... vinicius , llorente , reguilon , cristo , lunin ..all would be in his plans ..plus oddegard nd hermoso ..he would have brought back ..
Solari was sacked only because of ego and reputation
ANU_RAG
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Madrid never developed legends they bought them
Nerronk
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Zedane can not bring out the best out of this players he only need already made players to use for victories as he did with the likes of cr7 and co, he is not that good as a coach as kloop of Liverpool that brings out the best out the the players he has to win the UCL and as he did at dortmorn bf things went bad
ElCanops
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if solari was there ..he would have used many youngsters in a best way ... vinicius , llorente , reguilon , cristo , lunin ..all would be in his plans ..plus oddegard nd hermoso ..he would have brought back ..