Little Spider: When I was 11 years old, I went to Real Madrid for a trial training for 15 days. I didn’t stay because I couldn’t sign a contract until I was 13 years old.

A few days ago, Atletico Madrid forward Alvarez talked about the experience of going to Real Madrid for a trial when he was a child on Jose Ramon de la Morena's podcast.

Alvarez said: "I was in my hometown at that time, and Argentina was hosting the U20 World Cup at the time, and Real Madrid's Ramon Martinez was there. He contacted me through Piero Foglia, who knew me, and then I had the opportunity to go to Real Madrid for a trial training for a few days."

"From such a young age I had the opportunity to go abroad. My father had never flown before. It was a great experience, but it was just another experience with other clubs.”

“It was a bit crazy when I was playing in Calcin. That day, they gave me the number 10 and asked me to play in a friendly match: we won and I scored several goals. Then we played another game and we also won the championship."

Many years later, Alvarez later recalled in an interview with "Ole", but he failed to sign because of the regulations at the time: "According to the regulations at the time. According to the rules at the time, Real Madrid could not officially sign me until I was 13 years old. But if I were to do that, my family would have to move there when I was 11 years old..."

In fact, the forward, who has a contract with Atletico Madrid until 2030 and a release fee of 500 million euros, could have joined Real Madrid that year because they really wanted to sign him after the trial. But this requires a huge sacrifice from the family, and neither he nor the family is willing to do so. At that time, he trained at Real Madrid's training base for 15 days in 2011.