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U20 World Cup displays convince Real Madrid of Valverde talent

Deportivo La Coruna have contacted Real Madrid about signing their 18-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde on loan for next season.

The youngster, who has been playing with his national team at the Under-20 World Cup where he won the Silver Ball, played with Castilla in the Segunda B last season and is one of the most exciting prospects at Real.

The defensive midfielder arrived from Penarol last summer and was coached by Santiago Solari as they finished 11th in Group B.

In a similar way to Marcos Llorente, who is now set to become part of the first-team setup, Real are thinking about loaning out their prodigy to a first division team in order to further help his growth.

Should Valverde go to Depor, it is assumed that one or two players may leave as a result. Pedro Mosquera, Celso Borges, Alex Bergantinos and Juan Dominguez are all under contract, while they are also looking to continue with Guilherme, who is currently on loan from Udinese.

The future of Juan Dominguez, in particular, is in the air as the 27-year-old's loan at Real Mallorca is set to come to an end and, with a year left on his contract, he is due for talks with Pepe Mel about his future.