The young man from Mallorca became, at 15 years and 219 days, the youngest rookie in the history of the League. “He is one of those players who breaks matches, decisive and attractive to watch,” explains Sergio Vallecillo, director of the Mallorca youth team, to EL MUNDO.
When a few days ago the expedition of Mallorca arrived in the islands after playing his match on Matchday 29 at the Estadio de la Cermica against VillarrealAlmost all the players went home in their respective cars. All but one. TO Luka Romero (Durango, Mexico, November 18, 2004), with just 15 years old, far from being able to start the practices to get the driving license, a club employee approached him at home.
The young man, born in Mxico, international by Argentina and with a decade of residence in Spain it is the great news of the week in Hispanic soccer. In America they compare him to Messi, long-haired and talented left-handed, and discuss which team he should represent: his native ‘Tri’ or the family albiceleste, with whom he has already played in a tournament of lower categories and 2019 and which seems, also like Leo, to be his choice. His father Diego made a career in Quilmes until I got to Balearic football, where I played in Formentera, Sant Jordi and Santany, among others. In these grew the little Luka, who entered the quarry of the Mallorca only ten years old and today, in Alfredo Di Stefano de Valdebebas, He has played his first game in the First Division, becoming the youngest rookie in the history of the League.
Luka, with 15 years and 219 days, has surpassed Sansn, who debuted with Celta in 1939 when he was 15 years old and 255 days old; Irastorza, who did it with Donostia in 1934 at 15 and 288: and Scar Ramn, who did it with Zaragoza at 15 and 289, already in 1984.
“Is a introverted, educated and supportive boy, beyond the sports theme, “admits EL MUNDO Sergio Vallecillo, director of the Mallorca quarry. “Before the pandemic, the idea was for him to play the season finale with Juvenil A, but given the circumstances we decided to incorporate him directly,” sums up the one who until a year ago was a member of Barcelona, where he was also lucky enough to see a talent like Ansu fati: “There are similarities between both cases, the two have made the leap without going through the subsidiary, but you have to study each situation and see how the player copes with it. Luka is decisive and can break a game at any time. ”
Romero, “a normal boy with the concerns of his age,” began training with the first team last June 1, directly from youth B, and since then Vicente Moreno He has counted on him in all the sessions, until he was given the opportunity against Madrid: “I tried to reassure him because his heart was going at 200,000 revolutions. it’s normal it’s a boy“he explained after the game.” If we have put him to play it is because we thought he deserved it, that he had conditions. We do not look at age, it is better every day and we have high hopes for it. In the future there will be a lot of talk about him. “
At the club they are helping Romero and his family to handle the situation in the best possible way. When it was first convened in Argentina and Mexico they did not stop talking about the subject, and now that the whole focus has debuted it will multiply. “You have to be careful with the situation and Both he and his family are assuming this situation very naturally.“Vallecillo acknowledges.
De Luka, who when he turns 16 will be able to sign his first professional contract, Vallecillo stands out “his impudence in one on one, his verticality and he plays the same in youth as in the first team. “” He is one of those players who break matches, decisive and attractive to see, “he explains. He recognizes that in the club”I would like “to see you in the lower categories of the Spanish teamBut they will respect his decision: “We want him to go with our team, but it will be his responsibility and we will respect him. Many factors influence, especially the origin and the family.”
In Mallorca Luka also remembers another youth squad player who debuted very young with the older ones. Also offensive midfielder, also left-handed: Marco Asensio. In his case he left the islands when he was 18 years old, when the club was in the Second Division, something that in Palma they hope will not happen with Romero. “We are in a difficult market situation and the quarry be vital in the future of the club“they admit.
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