{"id":70706,"date":"2026-08-14T23:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70706\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:18:23","slug":"full-back-with-a-wingers-spirit-real-madrid-sign-rayo-vallecanos-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70706\/","title":{"rendered":"Full-back with a winger&#8217;s spirit: Real Madrid sign Rayo Vallecano&#8217;s gem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have added another young talent to their books, snapping up a Rayo Vallecano prospect on Friday as part of their drive to stockpile promising players.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alvaro Esteban, the journalist who specialises in Real Madrid news, Los Blancos have signed Pablo Bellosillo &#8220;Bello&#8221;, a right-back born in 2007. He joins the Real Madrid C team.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish newspaper &#8220;AS&#8221; revealed last April that Real Madrid were working to finalise the deal for Bellosillo, one of the most prominent rising talents in Rayo Vallecano&#8217;s academy.<\/p>\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Egypt defender arrives in Serie A<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">UEFA determined to oust Infantino: two Arab candidates for the FIFA presidency<\/p>\n<p>He plays as a right-back, but his instincts are clearly attacking. &#8220;AS&#8221; described him as a right-back &#8220;with the spirit of a winger&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, he featured for Rayo Vallecano B in the Spanish second division. Bellosillo caught the eye in April, coming off the bench to score in his side&#8217;s 3-1 win over Intercity.<\/p>\n<p>His switch to Real Madrid C marks a first step within the club&#8217;s system. The team is an important stage for young players before a possible move up to Castilla and the first team, following the development path for talents within &#8220;La Fabrica&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid have added another young talent to their books, snapping up a Rayo Vallecano prospect on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23952,93,8173,85,82,875,83,26978,27576,327,27693],"class_list":["post-70706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-club-friendlies","tag-espanyol","tag-espanyol-vs-real-madrid","tag-laliga","tag-madrid","tag-rayo-vallecano","tag-real-madrid","tag-schalke-04","tag-schalke-04-vs-real-madrid","tag-sevilla","tag-sevilla-vs-rayo-vallecano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}