Real Valladolid are required to guarantee Takefusa Kubo over 1,000 minutes of playing time for Real Madrid to grant the loan move, GOL digital reported on 9 August.

The possibility of Kubo leaving for Valladolid surfaced when it was learned that club owner and Madrid legend Ronaldo expressed a strong desire to take the 18-year-old on loan. Kubo is unable to play for the first team in the upcoming season due to foreign player limit, and is expected to stay with Castilla for the time being.

The biggest merit of loaning Kubo to Valladolid is the top flight experience he can gain. And Madrid want to make sure he gets that with the playing time condition, which Valladolid manager Sergio Gonzalez seems to have disapproved. When asked about the rumoured move, he commented, “I don’t know anything,” suggesting that the whole exercise was initiated by Ronaldo.

While Sergio rates Kubo highly and foresees that he will likely start many games, he is opposed to have to commit out of obligation.

Whether the loan move will materialise hinges on this condition.

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