Álvaro Carreras He has lived on Tuesday his starting as a new player of the Real Madrid For the next six seasons, until June 30, 2031. The side arrives at the white club after paying 50 million euros to the Benfica and will wear the Dorsal 18 in its first Blanco campaign.
The number chosen by the Ferrolano is not one of the most graceful in the history of the white club and there are very few players who have made fortune wearing that dorsal. Since they began to assign fixed numbers, the 18 has passed through the hands of many players who traveled with more grief than glory by the Santiago Bernabéu.
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This is the case of Jesús Vallejothe last to carry the 18, dorsal that in turn inherited from Tchouaméni. The French midfielder only took him a season before changing to 14. Before him, Bale wore him on his return from his season given in Tottenham. The two players who have given the best performance with the 18 in recent times are Lucas Vázquez (he only took him in the campaign of his arrival, 15/16, and then went to 17) and Rubén of the network.
The number 18 has been like a hot potato in Real Madrid, a dorsal who has been looked ephemerally by some of the worst signings of the modern era of the white club. This is the case of Jonathan Woodgate, Mariano Díaz, Antonio Cassano, Julien Flaubert or Luka Jovic. They have also taken players who spent tiptoe for Bernabéu such as Javier Portillo, Marcos Llorente, Javier Saviola or Víctor Sánchez del Amo.
In addition to the price slab, the 50 million euros that make it the second most expensive defense in the history of Madrid, Álvaro Carreras must also face the curse that pursues the Dorsal 18, a number little graceful in the White Club.
