While the football world continues to marvel at the legacy of the Galácticos, Florentino Pérez has been quietly engineering a revolution of his own, a youth revolution. Like a visionary alchemist, the Real Madrid president has crafted what might be the club’s most promising project in decades: a squad built on youth, talent, and raw potential.

With the recent departures of Luka Modric (39) and Lucas Vázquez (34), the team has undergone a generational shift. And with the arrivals of young stars like Franco Mastantuono (18) and Dean Huijsen (20), the birth of “Baby Madrid” is no longer just a metaphor; it’s a movement.

The numbers back it up. For the 2025-26 season, Real Madrid’s squad averages just 25.07 years, making it the youngest squad the club has had since the 1998-99 season, which averaged 24.88 years. That was the era of a rising Raúl González and Guti, when Madrid began cultivating its own homegrown icons.

In comparison, the 2015-16 and 2010-11 squads—often praised for their balance—averaged 25.39 and 25.16 years respectively. But this current crop edges them out, showing that Pérez’s long-term vision is coming to life, one wonderkid at a time.

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