Schuster Wants Granero Return

Granero has drawn many admirers from his performances for Getafe this season, with his excellent display against AEK Athens on Thursday the latest in a collection of impressive midfield showings by the twenty-year old.

This has not gone unnoticed by Schuster, who, according to AS.com, has notified sporting director Predrag Mijatovic that he wishes to have Granero back at the club in time for next season.

There were never any doubts about Granero's talent, but now that he has shown that he is mature enough for regular competitive football, both domestically and in European competition, Schuster is ready to integrate him into the first-team squad.

Granero himself is happy that Madrid want to take him back in the summer and indicated a willingness to return.

"The dream of my life is to play in the Bernabéu. I am learning a lot at Getafe, but I would like to return," he told AS.

Although he is keen on going back to Madrid, Granero is thought to want assurances that he will not be on trial over pre-season to see if he is ready to be part of the squad and that he will not face a similar fate to Roberto Soldado, who has barely featured in the squad after a decent loan spell at Osasuna last season.

If Granero is promised that he will be an active member of the squad then he could very well be strutting his stuff at the Bernabéu next season.

Nick Dorrington