Spain's talented youngsters are highly demanded this summer, with even the Real Madrid deciding to bring in young local players rather than sign tried and tested big names. They have five of the European championship winning under 21 squad, Illarramendi the latest to sign on a big amount deal from Real Sociedad. Morata, Jesé and Nacho are being promoted to the first team, and elsewhere Oriol Romeu has signed for Valencia, Joel has gone to Roberto Martínez's Everton, Suso to Almería and Campaña to Crystal Palace. Curiously Barcelona is doing opposite, Spain's MVP under 21 captain Thiago being allowed to join Guardiola at Bayern Munich (albeit that they will collect 25 big ones for their pains), Thiago's kid brother Rafinha is moving on loan to Luis Enrique's Celta, Bojan is going for a year at Frank De Boer's Ajax, and the super-talented Deulofeu is getting the number 10 shirt this season, also at "Bob"'s Everton. Meanwhile Barça are desperately trying to sign a big name Brazilian defender to complement Neymar, whether he be called Thiago Silva, Marquitos or Donaldo Pato.
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