Hugo Duro has now accomplished 5 seasons at Valencia and is without doubt one of the most skilled gamers within the squad.
The ahead joined Los Che from his boyhood membership Getafe, however previous to that he spent a season on mortgage with Actual Madrid Castilla.
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Certainly, Duro was on mortgage at Castilla throughout the 2020/21 season and was even known as as much as the Actual Madrid first crew throughout the marketing campaign following accidents to Karim Benzema and Mariano Diaz.
The Spanish striker went on to make three appearances for the Merengues senior crew, whereas he performed 20 occasions for Castilla, scoring 12 occasions.
In a latest interview with El Mundo (h/t ), Duro mirrored on the season he spent at Actual Madrid, expressing gratitude to the membership and a number of the senior gamers akin to Sergio Ramos.
“They handled me splendidly throughout the months I used to be there due to Mariano and Benzema’s accidents,” mentioned Duro.
Hugo Duro (R) throughout his time at Actual Madrid. (Photograph by Octavio Passos/Getty Photos)
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“I’ll all the time be grateful, particularly to Sergio Ramos, who took me in like a son, and that’s an enormous benefit,” he added.
Speaking about Benzema, he additional famous: “You’ll be able to study all the pieces and nothing from Benzema. Even when you watch him and need to do one thing, it’s very troublesome. He’s a singular expertise.”
Actual Madrid opted to not make Duro’s signing everlasting regardless of him impressing with Castilla. And, he returned to Getafe earlier than ultimately signing for Valencia.
When requested if he felt envious of gamers like Thiago Pitarch, who has now below Alvaro Arbeloa after impressing with Castilla, Duro replied:
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“In no way. They’ve needed to work very arduous. In my case, due to Actual Madrid not wanting me, I’m at Valencia.”
Since becoming a member of Valencia, Duro has confronted Actual Madrid 9 occasions throughout all competitions, scoring 5 objectives within the course of.