Relations have rarely been so strained between the Spanish capital's two biggest sides - and it all stems from a dispute at youth level
right-back had also been behind the move of one of Simeone’s first-team analysts, Francis Sanchez, to work with his youth side last year.
There was no love lost in Arbeloa’s confrontation with Torres in an under-19 Copa de Campeones quarter-final last season either, in which ex-striker Torres told the former defender he was “going to take his head off” before Arbeloa was said to have made a gesture towards the Atletico bench, according to sources.A key reason for Madrid’s shift in youth transfer policy was the contrasting fortunes experienced by the Atletico youth teams in 2021-22.
By contrast, the Atletico academy accumulated 10 league titles that season, from their ‘B’ team down to under-eights level, and saw several talents called up to Spain’s youth sides.Madrid have always said they want to avoid controversy and insist the objective in signing Atletico’s young players is not to undermine their neighbours.
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