The hole left by the departure of Dani Carvajal has been filled by Fábio Henrique Tavares, A.K.A. Fabinho. The Brazil under-20 international has been brought in to fill the right-back position for Real Madrid Castilla (Real's reserve team) this season.

The young defender – who learnt his trade in the Fluminense youth team – had signed for Portuguese club Rio Ave one month ago and has now been signed by Real Madrid.

He joined the club on Wednesday and took part in his first training session with the first team squad, along with the other 11 Castilla players who have been instructed by José Mourinho since Monday. Fabinho was the only new face of an intense training session, which took part at a sizzling temperature of 40ºC.

It was the first time that the players had not worked in a double-session. This will be repeated on Saturday, as the coaching team has decided to give the players a rest on Saturday afternoon and the whole of Sunday.

Real has confirmed its first friendly fixture of the pre-season. It will take place in the Carlos Tartiere stadium (home to Real Oviedo) and will be the first pre-season game of Mourinho's third season at the helm of the team.

Real Oviedo is trying to negotiate with the city's airport in order to postpone the closure of the control tower, thus allowing Real Madrid to return to the capital on the same night. If accepted, the game will be played at 20:00. If not accepted, if will kick off at 19:30.