The academy coming on strong
Sixteen academy products take part in the preseason training camp
Atletico Madrid has a strong commitment to the academy so are naturally happy with the fact that sixteen of the twenty players who have taken part in the training camp in Los Ángeles de San Rafael were homegrown. Add to that Borja, who was summoned to the Spanish under 19s and assistant coach Ruben Baraja and delagate Pedro Pablo Matesanz, Atlético clearly have the personel who know exactly what it meants to represent the club..
Antonio Lopez, the first team captain, leads the legion of homegrown players who wanted to pose for fans after playing their part in this stage in the preseason. In the photo, standing from left to right, we Álvaro Domínguez, Koke, Iago, César Ortiz, Rubén Baraja, Regalón, Joel, Gabi, Andrés Muñoz, Antonio López, Pulido and Saúl seated from left to right, Collado, Pedro, Pedro Pablo, Mario Suárez, Noguera and Manquillo.
Koke and Pulido did not want to miss this photograph with ther fellow academy member before leaving with the Spanish national team for the under 20s world cup in Columbia.
