Real Madrid boast one of the youngest groups of footballers among Europe's top sides. Marco Asensio, Dani Ceballos, Theo Hernandez, Marcos Llorente or Borja Mayoral are examples of the club's previous investments with their eyes on the future.
Others are no longer promising young players and are in the process of establishing themselves as world stars in their mid-twenties: Isco Alarcon, Casemiro, Lucas Vazquez, Raphael Varane, Dani Carvajal and Mateo Kovacic.
The torch is ready to be passed on, but football is rarely an exact science. Young talent has the tendency to be derailed on the road to stardom and Real Madrid are thus scanning the market in search of youngsters to renew their Champions League winning squad.
Seven names are currently being monitored from the Bernabeu. Players in their early 20's and at the dawn of their careers. Kepa Arrizabalaga (23), Alvaro Odriozola (21), Fabián (21), Christian Pulisic (19), Kasper Dolberg (20), Timo Werner (21) and Marcus Rashford (19) are the youngsters who could guarantee Real's prolonged dominance throughout the next decade.