Real Madrid La Fabrica refreshing scouting pool

Ronaldo Nazario also returned to Los Merengues

Real Madrid's penchant for bringing familiar faces back to the club is continuing apace with Santi Aragon hired by academy coordinator Victor Fernandez to improve La Fabrica's scouting and recruitment across Spain.

Former Real Zaragoza boss Fernandez will deploy his old Blanquillos colleague alongside another trusted name, Jesus Solana.

Both Aragon and Solana rose through the Real Madrid ranks and made their professional debut with Los Blancos before going on to appear for Zaragoza in the 1990s and accrue several hundred Manos appearances between them.