Real Madrid C is doomed. The club has not made it official as yet, but the decision has been made and all that remains to be done is to announce the team's death sentence.

There were rumours that something like this would happen last season. Now what the youth academy has been fearing all year is about to come true.

The club's C team are presently in Group VII of the fourth division. Two seasons ago they were in Segunda B (third division), but the relegation of Castilla to this league pushed them down. Unless there is a dramatic turn of events, this has been the last season for Real Madrid C, founded in 1990.

The general feeling at 'La Fábrica', the club's youth academy, is that this turn of events will have a negative effect on the youngsters' progression, as they will lose one of the steps up to the top flight. Regarding the players themselves, obviously the majority will now not be needed. The ones that are still on contract will either have to look for a place at Castilla or negotiate some kind of settlement. Nearly all of them will have to look for a future elsewhere.