Real Madrid doesn't need to search far and wide for its next Galáctico: he is already in Madrid and won't cost a penny. Florentino Pérez is well aware of Jesé Rodríguez, having been keeping tabs on him all season, and the starlet continues to press home his case. With goals like the one he scored for Castilla on Sunday, he'll have the fans eating out of the palm of his hand in no time.

Jesé is the jewel in the crown of the 'Los Blancos' academy. He has been banging at the first-team door for some time now, and his strike in the season-closer at the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano was worthy of the man the stadium is named after.

The youngster picked up possession on the left flank, closer to the halfway line than to the Alcorcón area. Displaying his customary flair, he raised his head, caught sight of goal and surged towards it, zipping past Fernando Sales, Nagore, Mora, Laguardia, Rubén Sanz and goalkeeper Manu and rolling the ball into the empty net.

Florentino Pérez, watching on from the box, immediately leapt to his feet and gave the Canary Island-born starlet a hearty ovation.

"If Jesé doesn't get promoted to the first team, we may as well close Valdebebas", is the refrain coming out of Real Madrid's training ground, where the belief is that the starlet can go right to the top.

Rodríguez has racked up an impressive 22 goals in his debut season in the second division, one more than club legend Emilio Butragueño, the previous holder of the record for the most efforts in a campaign for Real Madrid's B-team.