Álvaro Leiva is now a new Real Madrid player. The U18 international will join Raúl González's Castilla. The agreement between Real Madrid and Algeciras is finally completed after a very long series of negotiations.

The player's desire to sign with Real Madrid was the deciding factor in the negotiations.

Barcelona tried to sign Leiva, but they discovered that Leiva had made up his mind to play for Real Madrid. The Algeciras youth squad is Castilla's second signing after the arrival of Galician striker Noel López, who played alongside Leiva in the national team.