UD Ibiza made the incorporation of the young midfielder of the Madrid youth academy Iván Morante, 21 years old and 1.83 meters tall official on Tuesday through a press release who thus becomes a new player for the Celeste squad for the next two seasons.
Real Madrid and UD Ibiza finally reached an agreement en the last few days to process the transfer of the player to the Ibizan club, whose contract has the option to be extended for a third season.
According to the Ibizan club in its presentation letter, Iván Morante is a player of great projection who “has played the last three seasons in the lower categories of Real Madrid, the two most recent in Castilla”.
There he won the UEFA Youth League champion trophy in 2020. In addition, the Ibizan club highlighted the fact that Iván Morante “has been a player in all the lower categories of the Spanish National Team (U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20), being selected up to 30 times throughout his career.
UD Ibiza aquires an asset
UD Ibiza assured that they have managed to acquire a young asset of national football and “the services of a player with great potential who has been trained in one of the best squads in the world”.
Born in León (15-01-2001), Iván Morante began his career as a footballer in the ranks of Ejido (2006-2013), from where he made the leap to Villarreal (2013-2020), with a first stage in the youth academy of Real Madrid as a member Juvenil A (2019-2020) and later in Castilla (2020-22), where last season he was one of their key players, playing a total of 23 games in Primera RFEF and 1,623 minutes played.
The new UD Ibiza player plays as a midfielder and has also been sought after by other Spanish football clubs, such as Valencia, Alavés and Oviedo, Alavés and Oviedo, who have also fought in the offices to obtain the services of the canterano blanco, who has finally opted to seek prominence and playing minutes in the Silver category enrolled in the project of the entity chaired by Amadeo Salvo and under the orders of the celestial coach Javi Baraja.
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