Franco Mastantuono joins Fiorentina on loan from Real Madrid

[p]The 18-year-old will spend one season in Italy under the current agreement, according to a brief announcement on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real[/a]'s website.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mastantuono-franco/tpBPaidM/"]Mastantuono[/a] signed at the Bernabeu last summer after catching the eye in his homeland with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/river-plate/EVqSBe2f/"]River Plate[/a] and becoming, aged 17 years and nine months, the youngest player to represent the Argentina national team in an official match.[/p][embed guid="98dd0a26-5116-4855-8341-4b8ecbee6a9e" url="https://x.com/acffiorentina/status/2085735705234256081" social-type="twitter" /][p]He moved to Spain on a six-year deal after Real shelled out just over 63 million euros ($72 million) to secure his services.[/p][p]The teenager made 35 appearances across all competitions last season for Los Blancos, scoring three goals, but failed to nail down a starting spot as he missed out on Argentina's World Cup squad.[/p]